Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Malice by Heather Walter

26 reviews

knightreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Child abuse, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse

kanra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everybody knows the story of Sleeping Beauty, this book is a fantastic take on it. It follows Alyce the dark grace as she learns more about her powers and attempts to break Aurora's curse. Alyce is not a person anyone in this world likes, there are a few who tolerate her but she is constantly mocked and bullied. She's different from everyone because her magic is dark, though she tries her hardest to be good she feels trapped and wants desperately to be free. At times I felt the bullying was too much and didn't see how Alyce was the villain. She has good intentions and doesn't try to hurt anyone on purpose but she gets wrapped up in worse and worse things as the story goes on. At one point I had such an uneasy feeling while reading and had to put the book down because I needed to calm down before continuing. Alyce isn't the only villain in this book and it reads as her being the good guy for a good part of it. At a certain point everything starts turning into the story we all know and it is fantastic. This is a story of downfall, it has mean people and dark magic, and it is so good. I rated this 4/5 because how Alyce is at the beginning is not my favorite and for most of the book she seems too good. Definitely read this book if you want to read about an MC with an unhappy life being pushed into the role of villain.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Murder, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

parkergeist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, Torture, and War

imaginingly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

bro.. what the heck… i need the second book NOW 
i loved this book very much and i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since i finished it. the only thing i didn’t enjoy as much is how the ending came about; it seemed like the author was trying to throw in a cliff hanger and it just seemed very abrupt against the rest of the plot 
but other than that, i adored it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Cursing, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and War

megj23's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Child abuse

emiline767's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcohol

cbg11003's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The author herself said on TikTok that this book would tear me apart. Did I hear those warnings? No, I did not. I love and hate these characters so much ending this book and realizing I need to wait for the sequel caused me actual pain!
If you like fantasy, the sleeping beauty story, and/or sapphic stories and don't mind having your heart played with, definitely give this book a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Confinement, War, and Death

Minor: Animal death and Body shaming

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: War, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, and Drug use

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Torture, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Confinement, and Child abuse

Minor: War, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

moonlightmelody's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

is it perfect? no but gay ass bitches who love each other in a non-toxic way but are still morally ambiguous for reasons outside of their relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Grief, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Torture

Minor: War, Physical abuse, and Medical content