Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Embers on the Wind by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg

2 reviews

eyedoc's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Child death

elizapease's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

This was a solid book - but a bit much going on for my taste. I felt like I never got to know any one character because there were constantly more being introduced. Not just living humans, but ghosts. Lots of ghosts! Too many for me, since they all had individual stories and plots. That being said, I thought it was pretty insightful on race relations and white guilt and has some pretty powerful irony that was well-written and nicely pulled off. If you like spooky ghost stories but don’t like gore/being too scared, this is a good book for you. I think it definitely had some powerful moments and left an impact on me, I just felt it needed more distilling, as all the characters and side plots seemed to distract from the actual meat of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Pretty heavy topics and some serious triggers for those who have in particular experienced childhood sexual abuse.