Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

9 reviews

savvyy01's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Hate crime, Gore, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Blood

lori_larsson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book is DARK. Like D-A-R-K dark. And bloody. And violent. I need to read a cozy fantasy now to cleanse my brain. It was good and the twist and turns were great. But boy oh boy was it violent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, and Violence

dragonaion's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

USA said it well, 

"Harry Potter meets The Lies of Locke Lamora."

And from my 5 star review of The Lies of Locke Lamora, I say that Nevernight is absolutely a story-sibling to Lynch's work while standing on its own and is a fantastic read. I devoured half the book in a day and am already shouting at Amazon to "take my money!" for the sequels.
For those who haven't read Lynch's book (which you should, if you enjoy Nevernight), this is a story of the brotherhood (and sisterhood!) of thieves, love in the dark, knowing what the dark is, and how to walk in Her shadow. Not for the faint of heart, this is a brilliant magical fantasy that will remind you of The Elder Scroll's Night Mother and Daedric Prince Nocturnal with every word. It is brilliant, emotional, tangible, and had me almost crying at a few spots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Wow, qué libro TAN bueno… no sé qué tipo de droga le ha metido Jay Kristoff a este libro, porque sin duda ha sido una total adicción. No podía parar de leer y mis horas de sueño han sido descontroladas porque necesitaba saber qué pasaba en cada momento… es que he sido incapaz de soltar este libro.
Mia es sin duda uno de los mejores personajes que he leído en toda mi vida y Don Majo es LO MEJOR con sus comentarios sarcásticos y la amistad y cariño que tienen entre ambos🖤 y Tric me ha enamorado perdidamente.
No puedo esperar más a seguir leyendo los siguientes libros, tengo tantas preguntas sin respuesta😭😭 ¡¡¡¡¡necesito saber qué pasa!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Blood

nik_a's review against another edition

1 ⭐
це було просто жахливо! 

+ єдине, що сподобалось, це ілюстрації українського видання

- просто жахливий переклад! дуже багато граматичних помилок. перекладач наліпила купу маловживаних слів, навіщо?! речення побудовані таким чином, що важко читати
- автор смакує моменти поранень, а все інше описувати для нього немає сенсу. опис битви був зовсім не цікавим. деякі моменти просто випадають з сюжету 
- жарти про місячні. одразу видно, що писав чоловік
- дуже багато недоречного мату. навіщо?! 
- зноски які іноді займали по пів сторінки і відволікали від сюжету. спочатку ідея здалась цікавою, але вийшла якась маячня, яка відволікали від сюжету. про світ нічого не дізнаєшся, лише дратуєшся та гаїш час
- не цікаві герої

а для кого ця книжка? купа мату, "жарти" нижче пояса, смакування "крові", примітивний розвиток сюжету... для юних маньяків?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic relationship

laceydaisy's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Animal death

sophann30's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Physical abuse

hailie_lloy's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Rape

sleepytessa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Vomit