Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

11 reviews

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! The character growth is *chef’s kiss* and I want to join them in saving this world! Ahhh can’t wait to see what happens next! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

hellodebbies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

J'ai trouvé 0 défauts pour cette histoire, les seules points négatifs que j'ai pu lui trouver et surtout des problèmes avec la ME et la traduction. 
Je pense que le point fort de ce livre sont les personnages principaux qui sont incroyables et bien développés. L'histoire finit sur un cliffhanger vraiment cool et qui promet un bonne suite !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism

elsa__reads's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It started out a little slow and I got lost with the descriptions of the bridge and the lay out in the beginning. 

But towards the middle it really pulled through and the pace picked up. A very creative/original idea that was executed well. I want to read more from this writer now!

Loved Aren and Lara as characters, especially Aren. It seems incredibly difficult in the fantasy genre to write a self-assured confident man that is also humble and empathetic. Lara was written as a morally grey character but you still understood her motivations and she has a redeeming arc throughout. 

The ending was bold and it was a risk, but I think it worked. It gave the necessary depth to the story and I'm excited for book 2.

The ending is a bit brutal and it does end on a cliffhanger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Violence and War

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

finally got to read this one after following the hype on bookstagram for quite some time. the first chapter was quite intense and got me hooked immediately. i admire the complex world-building and the characters. aren and lara and many of the side characters are very well crafted, though i wished to learn more about some of them (e.g. jor, taryn, annah). the character development of, particularly, lara was incredible and i loved how the story and her views on everything evolved. however, i got one word for you: miscommunication. gosh, how i hate this trope. i mean, i totally expected to happen exactly what happened but, needless to say, i hated it and it had me almost throw my kindle aggressively and incredibly frusted against a wall. i'm super excited about the second book and hope everything will be resolved then. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Physical abuse and War

sami_leigh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Toxic relationship, War, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Dual POV, third person narration. Relatively strong character development allowing for the reader to truly champion the protagonist. The world building left some description to be desired in order to truly picture the setting of Ithicana and The Bridge. I’m looking forward to the development of some characters -both their relationships with others and the revelation of further backstory -in the sequel. I LOVE the representation of strong female warriors who don’t seem to be questioned based on gender.

Aren and Lara are the perfect enemies to lovers to enemies recipe. I genuinely enjoy when a male MC ‘falls’ first and I appreciated that he was not naive to Lara’s plotting, making his intentions and feelings seem genuine. I want to know more about how Lara’s upbringing has inhibited her trust in Aren as some of her omissions seemed unnecessary and confusing at times. Further character development on her part will be intriguing to watch as it unfolds in book 2.

raqueloln's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

fool_ofabook's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. The suspense of the book was almost too much to handle. This book was incredible. I'll be reading the other books this author writes and has written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, and Bullying

thewildmageslibrary's review

adventurous tense

4.0

Read: March 2021

I sped through this and enjoyed it. I love the concept of a secretive kingdom (kind of gave off Night Court vibes), but really would have liked a map to better visualize everything (my ebook did not have one). Lara's development is good, love hidden spy type characters! It felt like romance was pushed aside for sexual attraction, though. Looking forward to seeing if the sequel changes that!

CW: death, violence, poisoning, sexual content, past physical abuse 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse

summera's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death of parent

sincerelyabiblio's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Gore, and Death