Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

7 reviews

kleinreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

While I’ve heard many talk about this book as the one with “all the boring characters”—as opposed to A Dance with Dragons that is told from the perspectives of Daenerys, Jon, Tyrion, etc.—I think this was an ingenious way to divide up the story. We also got some peaks into characters we’d never met before, including minor characters you wouldn’t expect to hear from. While we are wondering what other character’s are up to, our understanding of Westeros is being expanded in a way that I found very helpful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

studydniowka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s weirdly entertaining for so sexist and misogynistic white fantasy written for men who would like to see women closed in their homes and being available for them on any occasion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, War, and Bullying

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Incest, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Body shaming, Slavery, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

rthr's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The best approach to this book is to read slowly and carefully. Hints and double meanings abound, and you’ll find treasures in the mundane passages if you pay attention. Truly a great work but not easily appreciated as a quick read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

triangular_pascal's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This book was long but the further I got, the more connected everything became... Characters I once loved grew more annoying, and I began to have a soft spot for even those characters I used to hate. I cannot wait to continue reading asoiaf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Ableism, Abortion, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Classism, Excrement, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Torture, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, War, Abortion, Body shaming, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Child death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Slavery

booksnbarristers's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

4.0

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD. AS WELL AS COMMENTARY ON THE TELEVISION SERIES.
FAIR WARNING.

A Feast for Crows follows some of the least likable characters in the entire series, i.e. Cersei and the Greyjoys. Jamie continues his character development, and we get a good round backstory on Brienne. But Feast of Crows does feel at points like a filler for the series, rounding out some of the finer points of GRRM's world building, especially in places we rarely saw but heard of in the first 3 books: Dorne and Oldtown, of note.

Speaking of Dorne, this was the best part of the book. In the TV show, Dorne's involvement in the politics of the Seven Kingdoms is pretty much eliminated. Adding the Martell family and the true power they wielded as one of the Seven Kingdoms and putting the Martell family on equal footing as the other liege lord families (Lannister, Stark, Tully, Arryn, Baratheon, Tyrell) adds another chess piece to the board that is the Game of Thrones.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Incest, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual content