Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

460 reviews

cato_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, and Murder

emeraldcityreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

vcatterson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

fleur____'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Child death

younganna'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Child abuse

robynlikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

stefhyena's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

This book hurt me!!!!

But I will put myself through the trauma of the sequel so I guess at this point it's my own fault.

It takes a while to understand what is going on so be patient. It's dark and bleak (but then again it is about slavery and oppression). It involves bad things happening to children and to adults who are just trying to live their lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, and Child abuse

juniper_vs_tbr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

**PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS**

I've never read a high fantasy book before as they were also so intense with lore drops.

This book doesn't bomb you with lore but breaks it down and does re-explain things from times, which made this a fun read.

I loved the characters and putting together to overarching story. It was brutal, but I still kept reading on.

I have never read a book this long so quickly. No big book has ever been easy to read or this fun.

The world building is so smart, the characters beyond interesting (especially Alabaster) with so much unexpected queer representation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Genocide, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Slavery, War, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, and Kidnapping

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? N/A

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! It's very dark (fair warning) but it's done so well. Nothing feels gratuitous, it paints a dark but brutally honest picture. 

I loved the different lived experiences depicted amongst the diverse characters (including a poly relationship!) and he world-building without clear explanation was a fun mystery to unravel as I went along. 

Highly recommend, Jemisin has an incredible gift and so much talent! I've already requested the next one in the series from my local library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Pedophilia and Cannibalism

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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 deserves all of its accolades and hype. N. K. Jemisin has created an amazing story full of outstanding worldbuilding, unique and incredible pov characters, and a plot that had me guessing and glued throughout the entire book. This is probably one of the best books I have read so far this year and it is definitely one of the rare 6🌟 reads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism