Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

28 reviews

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Murder, Abortion, Alcohol, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

imds's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gore, Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, Body horror, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

foreverinastory's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a fun murder mystery!

Rep: white female MC (I think Ivy is queer but I'm uncertain), BIPOC bisexual male love interest, several lesbian female side characters, pansexual female side character, BIPOC female side character.

CWs: Body horror, abortion, cancer, gore, blood, death, murder, medical trauma, medical content, grief, past death of parent, alcoholism, alcohol consumption, terminal illness, bullying, emotional abuse, violence, mentions of past pregnancy that was terminated, vomit, gaslighting, toxic friendship, injury/injury detail, sexual content. Moderate: eating disorder and mention of weight checks, cursing, mention of past adult/minor relationship, panic attack, suicide, sexual harassment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Grief, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Cursing

arynapril's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

I loved this book. I loved the strong prose and unique imagery that pushed into my brain. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Vomit

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

captivating read, well weaved. tore it up in a day.

I wish the ending had been tied up a bit more, tho.

I wanted one more conversation with Rahul.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

katymat18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This was a little disappointing because I was really looking forward to reading the book. The premise was so interesting and I'm always down for a magic school setting. I thought the idea of what real teenagers would do if they had access to magic was really cool, I really liked that they were still teenagers with teenage problems. I think the first two thirds of the book were in the 4-5 star range for me. But then the plot really lost me towards the end. I kind of hated everything about the reveal and the resolution, and I really expected there to be more  dealing with the main character's personal issues. Instead it just felt a bit unresolved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Abortion, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

thelizzielibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

An interesting combination of horror and fantasy. I struggled to get into it at first (pessimistic narrators are not my cup of tea) but by the end I was really entranced. Kind of iffy on the magic storyline, but I could pass it by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Fatphobia