Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

16 reviews

dionnesims's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? No

4.25

If you're into Yoruba Mythology, I think this is the darkest YA within the mythology that I've read yet. I thoroughly enjoyed the massive twists at the end (thank god, because otherwise it would have felt predictable) and can't wait for the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, and War

sunrae_booknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book came with the trigger warning but it did not let you take a second away from them. It was a very dark and hard read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Torture, War, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Genocide, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gore, and Hate crime

teifrank's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book here...what a ride! A lot of trigger warnings, so please read them! This story has such a strong hold on my heart and soul..I could not put it down. It will live in my mind, rent free, for a long time! And to think the author took this story from headlines and made it her own...no words. I hope people will not only enjoy this fictional story but take away the true story and injustice the was the driving factor behind the author creating this masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Slavery, Gun violence, Rape, War, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

mer1554's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, War, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Racism, and Colonisation

cait_reads2024'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? Yes

5.0

This book was incredibly intense and quite dark at time. Take the author's warning note at the beginning seriously. But MAN, this was absolutely incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Gore, and Child death

amivireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

 Thank you Harper Collins and Edelweiss for an arc of Blood Scion; here is my honest review.

Blood Scion has become my new favorite fantasy book! The characters are complex, and even when I didn't agree with their decisions, I understood why they made them.

Slone is a great main character that is put through a lot but still holds onto her humanity as she is put through horrifying things.

There's a lot of twists with this story that I didn't see coming, and the ending left us off on a cliffhanger. Usually I can guess what's going to happen next, but I really have no idea where the story goes from here. This truly shows me how great of a writer Deborah Falaye is. I need book 2 now!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Colonisation, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent