Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

5 reviews

onceuponherbookshelf's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The story itself is good, but it felt like it dragged on a bit. I enjoyed the characters. The romance was meh (could possibly be better without it honestly). And the challenges in the story were really cool to me. Also a little creepy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Trafficking, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

jessiereads98's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

Overall this was really enjoyable. A unique take on Romeo and Juliet, but maybe the best one I’ve read in being both recognizable and tolerable. Chloe Gong successively captures the atmosphere of the setting. There does seem to be the occasional anachronism, but nothing glaring or intolerable. Juliette came off as the badass heroine that YA stories often strive for without seeming flat or cringey. My biggest criticism would be that this is definitely overwritten in parts. There’s many instances where the prose could be simplified and tightened up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Classism, Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Police brutality, Child death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

packedjam's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this book is insane and right up my alley. it’s like if you infused romeo and juliet with the adventurous books i read in my youth and set it in 1920s shanghai. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Genocide, Alcohol, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Transphobia, and War

chantellimus's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, Sexism, Misogyny, Drug use, and Death of parent

angelareads's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, and Terminal illness

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexism, Trafficking, Transphobia, and Vomit