Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

7 reviews

denee16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This book and the series so far has been incredibly hard to read. Not because it is bad, quite the opposite actually. This book has made me feel seen in my own journey of healing and dealing with trama. It shows the ugly truth of every topic it covers, but does so with such authenticity it can make it hard to breath. I am enraptured by this book and Natasha's writing. Her imagery is incredible and descriptive and her story is profound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Mental illness

thekiwibibliophile's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

A good follow on from the first book, although not at good in my opinion. I really liked the amount of action & the amount of exposition to build the world. There are so many twists & I did get kinda annoyed at a few of them.. I’m going to have to get my hands on the 3rd!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Mental illness, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

lislicorne's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

ryann_400's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Outing, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Gore, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

3.0

Something about this story just has me at meh. I think I need to take a break from marathoning audios. I definitely feel tired. I will reread this book at some point because it's definitely good, right now I am not in the mood for it and it reflects in the 3 stars. I wanted to enjoy this more than book one, but it's about the same for me.

Rep: Asian coded cast, sapphic female MC with PTSD, lesbian coded female love interest with PTSD, lesbian coded female side character, side MLM couple.

CWs: Death, violence, blood, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, grief, war, gore, alcohol consumption, alcoholism, panic attacks, mental illness (PTSD), rape, suicide, murder, body horror, slavery, injury/injury detail, addiction. Moderate: Child abuse, child death, genocide, physical abuse, racism, consensual sexual content, suicidal thoughts, toxic relationship, vomit, trafficking, kidnapping, fire/fire injury, adult/minor relationship, misogyny, gaslighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, War, Gore, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Murder, Body horror, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

prettynerdy3's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

diifacto'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault