Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Icarus by K. Ancrum

46 reviews

aelis_'s review

dark emotional

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer

mistakensmiles's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Icarus was a beautifully written novel about learning to be vulnerable and finding and accepting love, platonic, romantic, and self. I had so many theories throughout this read and I loved analyzing the text for significance to reflect the original myth but also to learn about these characters and why they do the things they do amongst other things.

I couldn't put it down and I'm excited to eventually reread and see what I missed on my first read through. Definitely a fast favorite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction

abeck42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction

katiechasingchapters's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse

fieldsofasphodel's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

holy shit. the mythological references?? details?? drove me insane (in a good way)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

emmabean30's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Drug abuse

zenzi2read's review

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This novel was supposed to be a retelling of Icarus, but it didn’t hit any of the same games in my opinion. The only thing this had in common with the most famous story of acres is the child’s name. There was still a good amount of tension in what is essentially a Y a romance with elements of a heist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia

lycanslament's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was genuinely gorgeous, I was hooked instantly. The pacing feels exactly like flying and falling from the sky and it's exhilarating. The characters are complex and feel human, and you end up cheering them on as you read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

agentmozell's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book more than I thought I was going to. I was worried seeing it kinda poem style since I haven’t had much luck with poem style stories before, but this one was so addicting to me!

I loved that it wasn’t a straight up retelling of the myth and that the author took a lot of liberties with everything. I really loved him realizing the abusive situation he was in and how the author depicted him being unable to truly leave. I loved seeing him interact with the others and make some genuine friends. 

“I had to learn how to hug from my friends!”

That hit me so hard and I almost started crying at that. 

Icarus and Helios’ relationship was so cute and I would love to see another book with them in the future. Hell, I’d take a short story too! I want to see them work through each others traumas and I need more cute supportiveness from each other, Celestina and Luca (who are the bestest friends?!).

Just, this book itched what I needed. I didn’t know I was missing anything until this book came along. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Drug abuse