Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

40 reviews

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ashbreadin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

decie's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

EDIT: removing my review after that wild ride of a statement. you can't "condemn violence" if you can't stand with the victims of a literal genocide, rebecca. words and silence can be violent too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: War

Minor: Child abuse

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Really enjoyed the world building and the pace of the book. Mostly plot, with spice. Can’t wait for the next one

Do agree with this TikTok and some of their critique on the writing style of the author. Well, it wasn’t enough to completely take me out of the story and DNF the book. It was a little bit jarring. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

THE ENDING?!?!! 

Yeah Xaden got endless amounts of explaining to do, but this amazing!! Also Dain is the dumbest character to ever exist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

 Content Warnings: Violence, bullying, death [of family/friends], sexual content, war, injury details, murder, ableism, toxic relationships, and parental neglect and abuse.

Holy crap...this book...was just freakin amazing. I hadn't really heard about it until a week or so before release and I was like...eh I'll wait for the paperback next year. Then all of a sudden I see tons of people gushing about it and I'm like hmm...wonder if it's on Libby?

A coworker ended up buying is, devouring it, and saying it was incredible...and that I could borrow it 😎

Within a few chapters I was already fully invested and in love with Violet and Xaden...and since all the places I normally buy books were already sold out I actually did a Waterstones order and have it coming from the UK 🤣 I'm so used to annotating and the story is so good I KNOW I'll be rereading and annotating my own copy.

If you've ever been the underdog, had a parent constantly disappointed and telling you not to embarrass them...you'll relate to Violet pretty much immediately. Oh and if you're into guys who'll burn the world to save you...yeah this book has that too. 🥰 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

finnelyslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The disability rep in this book is fantastic. Having Ehlers-danlos, it was so nice to be able to actually imagine myself as the mc. The times when I'd normally think, 'oy, my shoulder wouldn't still be in place' during fight scenes and then having Violet experience that was really well done. Her disability was never forgotten about and if it held her back her friends would figure out an accommodation without ever making Violet feel guilty. All while making sure to include the inner battle as someone with a chronic illness to accept the accommodations and feel empowered by them. Really, really well done. This book was just fantastic. The dragons, characters, magic, sarcasm, banter and wholeheartedness of Violet and Xadan was just so good. I especially appreciated how Violet called people out for messed up things they said/did. She wasn't letting any emotional abuse or manipulation get past her, where in other highly popular NA books toxic characters are what make the book and is read with nonchalance. To wrap it up without any spoilers, this is a book that I hugged after finishing it. Which says everything about how good it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

abookwormspov'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

brireads96's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I have so many words, but the most important are READ THIS BOOK! You want adventure? Check. Fantasy? Check. Fantastic action sequences? Check. Badass MCs? Check. Great plot with enemies-to-lovers romance? Check. Dragons with cool powers? Check. Check. Check.
This book is everything and more and one of my favorite reads of the year (and I read A LOT of books). I’ve already seen this masterpiece of a book compared to Divergent, Hunger Games, and Harry Potter. But truthfully; those series don’t give this book the justice it deserves. It is truly all it’s own and I hope it becomes a worldwide phenomenon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and War