Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

7 reviews

ronanmcd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

An exciting, tense look at a reproduction of the massacre that turned public opinion in the UK against slavery. It does a good job of looking at the various viewpoints around the trade and the massive trauma it induced.
Use of the n-word by the less savoury characters, and the drawing a line on racism at the time of abolition aside, the book tells a good story but very much from a white saviour viewpoint. That the hero is a man of the crown underpins this. Nonetheless, it's very entertaining, evocative and in its way informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Child abuse, Blood, Racial slurs, Murder, Mental illness, Genocide, Sexual violence, Torture, and Slavery

carysn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, Gore, Sexual violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, Colonisation, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, War, and Blood

hannahrhian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Torture, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Slavery

ajcorn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

michael_hayden's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Trafficking, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

abbieinwonderland's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Excrement, Animal death, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, and Pedophilia

meiyee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

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

3.5

i really enjoyed this book but the ending left me a bit cold - the murderer's motive was a bit lacking and i found the last few chapters confusing. however, the writing and descriptions of deptford and london were brilliant. be aware of a lot of use of racial slurs and racist language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Homophobia