Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab

5 reviews

sn8man's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

saracat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It is no surprise to me that I loved and adored this book. So far everything I've read by Schwab I have adored. Sometimes when I read books that authors wrote much earlier in their career, I can sense that they are still coming into their own. But in this book, she already feels to have an understanding of her craft and I would not have guessed this was written so early in her career without the forward saying so.

As with some of the other books I have read by her, I adore, love, and root for the main characters with everything in me and feel intense dislike and disgust at those who seem to give no effort to hear and understand what is being said to them.

This audiobook version includes at the end the story of Cole and it was painful to hear the full extent of what led to his coming to Near.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Murder

In this book, the 'racism' is directed towards witches.

__saint__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

tales_of_1001_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail