Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Threadneedle by Cari Thomas

27 reviews

hitheremynameislisa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

It took me a while to actually get into this book. The beginning is quite slow, maybe a tad too slow for me to get hooked straight away. I was interested in the concept though so I kept picking it back up. Once i was past the first 100 or so pages I struggled to put the book down. Once it had it's fingers on my it wouldn't let me go. The author paints London in a way I myself have experience and it's a beautiful homage to the little spark of magic you can find at every corner in this beautiful city.

The very open ending had me wanting more. The author found an incredible way of resolving the key issues of the story while simultaneously introducing new threads I'm sure we all would keenly follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

samnotwise's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Started out good but ultimately didn't care for the last half of the novel. The characters weren't entirely likeable, except for one or two, but I enjoyed this as it fit in with the plot. I think I would sum it up as the magic system didn't really work and actions didn't seem to have consequences. However, the intial action and some characters made the novel worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Kinda wish there was a bit more of an original take on some of the themes.

The power of love saves the day with the heroine finding her inner talent and finally making friends...The approaches towards abuse, bullying and mental health were a bit better though.

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

madamepincers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Torture, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Vomit and Murder

meganlowe87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

I’m so torn with this book.
On one hand, I loved the magic system and what happens, and the cast of characters.
On the other hand, the binders aren’t explained until literally 300 pages in (of 555). I mean, I gathered what they were, but it was never explained.
Then, things plod along for 480 pages, with bits happening that aren’t entirely relevant, then bam! Those last 70 pages everything happens.
Also, there is another book to this. It’s not a stand-alone, so be prepared when starting this, it won’t be finished.
As I said, the cast were great. I love Attis and Rowlands in particular and I’d love to see more of Oliver. There was some truly beautiful writing in it as well, but this book was a bit of a slog. Not anything I considered DNFing, but definitely a slog.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

kirstieellen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship