Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

66 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Excellent voice acting. Especially for the character "The Other". *chef's kiss. It's such a cool and unique fantasy world. Love the world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping

callistag1's review against another edition

1.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The one star is because the narrators did their job well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

cosmic_kurt's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I will be picking up the sequel for sure. There were bits that I didn’t love and sometimes the MC really got on my nerves, but I do think she stayed true to her character arc even though I got frustrated with her at times. This book definitely is a gateway to an even bigger story, and has a lot of world building but I do think it was done pretty well. In the middle the pacing gets kind of weird but it does get better and it’s worth getting through that. I do wish the POVS were more evenly balanced but I think in the next book it’ll be easier to see from the other characters more. All in all, I would recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment

rachelbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Wow. This book was stunning. The world was lush and interesting. The characters were unforgettable. Kaan and Raeve. <3 The writing was artistic and stuffed with imagery. Emotionally raw. I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Incest, Infidelity, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Alcohol, War

taobooks's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The romance plot got very competitive and the story slowed down too much in the middle for this to get 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism

mabelmeeky's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Rape, Grief, Death of parent