Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Next Of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young

12 reviews

itschelseaw's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

2.0

Whew. I couldn’t get behind the premise from the jump, which made it difficult to get into this book. Like… CPS suggesting strangers live together to be able to support their kids? Absolutely not!!
Then Warren was such an unnecessary dick when he first met Chloe that I was immediately “no” to him. I got so grossed out that he let his friend blatantly check Chloe out to the point of making her uncomfortable in her own home. Just ew all around. Oh! And his bursts of anger that turned him violent but never against Chloe (thank god)?? Come the fuck on. Let’s just sprinkle in a hint at potential abuse that he never does because he loves her too much (gag).
This book felt like an Abbi Jimenez book because there was so much trauma. It was relied on heavily as main plot points and ways to move the story forward and it just feels cheap to me.
I wanted to DNF when I was about 10% of the way in and honestly I should’ve.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Alcoholism

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-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

1.5

god Warren is so fucking punchable 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Violence and Alcoholism

skye_era_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

I never would’ve thought I would love a book like this. I could feel the love from the pages — the love for Willow, for Warren, even for Luke. This found family is truly beautiful. My only wish is that we could’ve had dual POV with Warren. I would have loved to see how his mind worked.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Drug abuse

gillyreads's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

So I really enjoyed some parts of this book. I thought the idea was interesting (although you kind of just have to ignore the part where CPS makes two people live together being entirely unbelievable). I really like Luke, the younger brother, and initially I thought the way the story explores Chloe’s experience with adoption was done well. In some parts I liked the romance, but I think possibly it would have benefited from a dual POV.

Overall though, the fact Warren punched a wall in front of Chloe and her baby sister was not dealt with well which then meant I didn’t really like the way they stayed together

. Everything was tied up is too tidy a bow at the end, happily ever after isn’t very believed is it’s depicted as every single problem is somehow magically resolved. 
My initial thoughts on finishing was a mostly good book that needed some serious editing before publication but the more I think about the more I think that it just didn’t do a good job dealing with the complex issues it was trying to represent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Addiction

Warren gets angry and punches a wall, scaring Chloe and her baby sister

beebowbabe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

This 5⭐ review is based on vibes only. I giggled and smiled my way through this entire book. Such a lovely and endearing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Violence, Pregnancy, and Medical content

clareasday's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

minyoonhwi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Drug use, and Vomit

pagewanderer_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence

casually_literate's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This was such a good book! The characters and story feel natural and the emotional beats don't feel forced. Often times traumatic or complicated backstories can feel contrived, but the author does a great job conveying the facts in an honest way that allows the depth of emotions to gradually be revealed through her storytelling.

It's such a heartwarming story about healing and finding your place in the world. I stayed up all night reading it even when it had me sobbing at 3am.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Violence

apolen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

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