Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent

4 reviews

georgiaisreading's review against another edition

Lost interest- something about MC frustrated me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

jennalwiegand's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this story! I love the main characters, Max and Tis have a great dynamic, and I really love their growing relationship. Max is a refreshing MMC who is grumpy, traumatized, and badass.  Tis has overcome so much and is still soft, while being a badass and trying to protect everyone. She's a classic heroine, but she actually seems to ask for help sometimes AND doesn't run into situations alone if she can manage it. The plot is interesting, there are alot of morally gray characters, as well as a super interesting magic system. It's not as fleshed out as say a high fantasy novel, but the world-building and magic system are relatively easy to understand and very intriguing! I honestly can't wait to dive into the second book. I'm very glad that this is a completed series, because if I had to wait I would be really upset. 

PLEASE check the trigger warnings for this book. There is a wide range of things that are described versus things that are mentioned as background events, but it could be very bad if you go in without warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Child death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Misogyny, Violence, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual content, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual content

dalek_caan's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

Overall I found the plot to be rather generic and the writing to be disappointing. I found myself pulled out of the book by confusing linguistic elements where the of the language barrier between characters was not executed clearly, as well as nonsensical sentences that were scattered throughout the book, and many gratuitously graphic descriptions that were not necessary to further the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, War, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Vomit, and Violence

jazzcone's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, War, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, and War