Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

128 reviews

cassie12_21's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

The following spoilers are info on the trigger warning r@pe (not in detail) <there is no rape talked about in detail in the book, but it is still discussed alot, the king has paper girls whom he used for sex>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

fthepatriarchy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

amazing wlw fantasy <33 check the tws before you read it.

wren and lei <3 i love them sm. abt to start the rest of the series and if they dont get a happy ever after im going to cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Lesbophobia

maruu_t's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

smoochinggirls's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-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

2.5

The book was ok the pacing of the story felt rushed like the climax came to soon. I found Lei and Wrens relationship cute but I wish more time was dedicated to building it up the romance felt really sudden. As for the other paper girls I wished there was more time spent on fleshing them out thr book doesnt really explore much of who they are..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Outing

sofi1501's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

changbinslemonade's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Lesbophobia, and War

lilibethh's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

3.5
Non ero molto convinta per la maggior parte del libro devo dire. Molto scontato, molto prevedibile: visto e rivisto. Ma verso la fine sono rimasta piacevolmente sorpresa. Le ultime 150 pagine del libro danno la premessa per un sequel fantastico che io leggerò quasi sicuramente. Però devo chiedere: DOVE LO NASCONDEVATE MERRIN? CIOÈ QUELL’UOMO FA MORIRE IO LO AMO, MA C’È IN SOLO DUE SCENE. PERCHÉ.



Credo ancora che la parte fantasy nel libro sia vagamente debole e spero che nel secondo libro ci si dedichi più a quella parte del mondo. Il libro inizia sicuramente una conversazione importante sull’abuso (che sia mentale o fisico), e apre i libri LGBT+ un po’ di più a quelli che apprezzano i fantasy più che i contemporanei. La forza della relazione di Wren e Lei si vede sopratutto alla fine, dove finalmente viene fatto spazio a personaggi interessanti tipo Kenzo e Merrin, ma sopratutto alle loro qualità al di fuori di uno spazio abusivo e sessista come la Women Court.


Ho trovato davvero non necessaria la storyline della madre di Lei, ma magari servirà ancora nel corso della storia, chi lo sa.


IL FINALE MI HA LASCIATO I BRIVIDINI SULLA SCHIENA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny

starlessnights's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

raiynnn's review against another edition

dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Emotional abuse

mckinleyrae316's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

As much as I love queer books, this book is insanely triggering and should not be read by anyone who feels as though they might not be able to handle it, I feel as though I shouldn’t have read it. Please make yourself aware of the content of the book before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment