Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

6 reviews

picaresquedreamer's review

Boring, most characters were kinda irritating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

foxwish's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

Keyne is the most compelling character in the book and the actual plot of the Twa Sisters seemed very tagged on, the plot reveals, particulary

Tristan being a secret Saxon leader

was very obvious to me so I found how late that plot reveal was in the story irritating as it made a lot of the characters appear dumb.

The magic system was highly derivative other than the connection to the land aspect, characters like Gwen and Mori were highly enjoyable. The book itself was fine to read, but I wish it had either entirely focused on Keyne or on both Riva and Sinne as I felt like both storylines suffered from having to share time with the other. For me this resulted in Keyne's plot being a more interesting read and feeling very annoyed at the way Sinne and Riva's plot merged for the climax of the book. 

I also despised the way Riva's story ended

I cannot stand when characters avoid facing justice, Riva chose not to save her sister and Sinne died because of it and although her own people hate her she gets to choose to go the enemy kingdom to have children and be the lady of a far bigger kingdom. I suppose you could argue that never seeing her own kingdom again, giving up her magic and never seeing Keyne again is punishment enough but I think she deserved worse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Child death

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Transphobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, War, Animal death, and Deadnaming

kellyurban's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Deadnaming and Death of parent

villiljos's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A difficult read for sure, but worth it in so many ways! Amazingly written and the audiobook is beautifully performed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Moderate: Dysphoria and Emotional abuse

mo345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Cursing