Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Nocturna by Maya Motayne

13 reviews

crml's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation and Classism

jacquibear's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective tense medium-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

3.5

I really liked the characters and the premise. I especially loved the weaving of Spanish into the conversations and that it is the language of magic! The only reason I cannot rate it higher is because I found the pacing off. Through the middle of the book, I found myself not as eager to pick it up. The beginning had me fully engaged and of course the ending. But the middle I struggled with a little bit. 

Anyways. I think this story can actually stand alone so I'm determining if I will continue on! I originally thought it was a duology but it looks like it will at least be a trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Suicide

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

3.75

-This book did not come with a trigger warning but boy did it need one. I personally don’t need trigger warnings but I know anyone who has had a bad relationship with their parents would probably really benefit from a warning about the emotional and physical abuse and clear manipulation from a (wannabe) parental like figure. 
-I have a soft spot for sassy thieves or fox type tricksters. Finn was such a treat. 
-The characters in general were easy to like. Except for the antagonist, of course. His dialogue was very realistic manipulation.
-The ending made sense but it felt too convenient and too easily solved.
-It was repetitive at times
-I liked the card game part of the book, it was an interesting piece of the world. I also liked the way the Magic was described.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

itstheesilvie's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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

4.25

I really loved this book. If you’re looking for a Hispanic magical realism this series is for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

mals_library's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, Vomit, and Cursing

rosejoy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

thenovelmaura's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I read this a few months ago, and at the time I found it underwhelming. To be honest, I don't remember too much of it, so I guess that confirms my opinion? As far as YA fantasy goes, it wasn't outright bad, just predictable from a plot perspective. What I didn't expect were the descriptions of gore and how truly evil the villain ended up being. Like, the complexity of the magic system and the light world-building made me think this was for younger YA readers, until we're hit with a level of violence that's way more appropriate for an older audience. I also thought Finn's power was super cool and wanted to see it in action, and then she ended up not having access to it the entire book for "plot reasons." Oh well, I'm proud of myself for reading this backlist title, even if it didn't meet my expectations!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Torture

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Vomit, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, Gore, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation