Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

7 reviews

mariyah_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.25

I love Theo. That's it, that's all I have to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, and Classism

rnfortier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.75

I think it’s a good intro book for the series. The political intrigue is well done. Even though the violence can be a bit much at times it is fitting for the story.
It can be hard to be patient with Theo’s ignorance, but given her brutally sheltered upbringing it is to be expected. 
I’m interested to see how things progress. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Grief, Violence, War, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child death

auddiev_quinn2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the best books I have ever read 100% recommended 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Child death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

I just didn’t care enough to keep going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and War

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Slavery

sweetordinary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

At the beginning, I was wholeheartedly intrigued and invested in the characters and plot. However, I found myself utterly dismayed and highly disappointed with the development of the main character. Her mentality has glimmers of shifting towards this powerful force; yet, moments later its dashed into a frustrating blend of selfish nativity for who she is as a character and what she's supposed to become in the future.

The political courtship navigation is a huge reason why I was intrigued to read this story. How Theodosia navigates it is quite painful to read let alone to follow along. I understand that I'm supposed to feel sympathy for her and rally behind her. However, there are events that occur which completely go off the rails because of her. Thus, my interests shift towards Blaise, Cress, Art, Heron, and Soren as more interesting lines of inquiry. I want to know more about their story, interests, personality, etc.

If I decide to read the sequel, it will be because of those characters not because of Theodosia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Classism, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, War, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Murder

tiana_king'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Grief, Child death, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse

kristakp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

While reading this book, I did not connect with any of the characters. I don't think that most of the "character development" was earned; the weak characterization wasn't immersive enough to make me believe how they were influenced by the plot. Overall, whereas this book was written to feel like a high-stakes scenario, it really fell flat on that front for me. I am stubbornly inclined to read the rest of the trilogy because I hate starting stories without finishing them, so my rating reflects that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child abuse, Pedophilia, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Colonisation, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Fatphobia and Fire/Fire injury