Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

5 reviews

mirireads'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

radler's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

carolined314's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Fierce ladies, based on a true story, with some real icky violence from men and retribution from the ladies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual content

wizardingwisteria's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a pretty fun read. I noticed in the author bio that this author also likes to write video game narratives and I felt like that shined through in the writing style. I greatly enjoyed the writing style although the two leading ladies can be difficult to distinguish at times. A few times I had to flip back a few pages and check the perspective because their inner voices are a little too similar.  Other than that I felt like the narrative was easy to glide through. If there ends up being a sequel I would be interested in picking it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

qraveline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Abandonment