Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

66 reviews

claireinabook's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

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Found it was too violent and I am trying to avoid unnecessary gore. If you check the trigger warnings, you'll see what I mean.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking

tiff_taff's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I barreled through this read in two days. I couldn’t put it down. The writing is superb. I fell in love with Raeve and all her broken pieces. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Took me awhile to get into this book but it was definitely worth it the world is incredible plus dragons!! The backstory to these characters are insane and I'm looking forward to more being revealed in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, War

hannahdanielle2's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found it slow to start with the world building but then fell hard for the characters and love story as I got into the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

astuart89's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Pregnancy

kgreer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War

yilliun's review against another edition

1.25

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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I was so excited when I first heard of this book and I saw so much potential. Unfortunately, it fell flat for me. Raeve came off as an attempt at Aelin in Heir of Fire and her actions throughout the book were so inconsistent. While I understood the fixation on killing Rekk, it made her so one dimensional. 

The romance between

Raeve and Kaan

was extremely rushed and didn’t make any sense to me. One minute she’s trying to kill him and one minute she’s aching to get with him. 

I frequently pictured Kaan as the Boulder from Avatar the Last Airbender. The descriptions of the male characters read as cartoonish and way overdone. 

For a book involving dragons, we learned relatively little about them. They were not as central to the plot as I thought they would be.

The use of the glossary and

family tree at the end

seemed like a cop out, especially considering how wordy this author likes to be. The writing was difficult for me to follow at times, so I found myself skimming pages instead of actually reading them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Vomit

lovedies's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy

literarymary95's review against another edition

4.0

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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I heard a lot of hype for this book but tried my best to come into it blind. It did definitely take some time to get into it but once I did it was definitely worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Vomit, Pregnancy

thecanadianbookworm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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I cried so many times, two of those times I had to put the book down. Crying so hard I couldn't continue.

Wow. Such a beautiful writing style, and a sad tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment