Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi

4 reviews

abnerbee's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Body horror, Murder, Slavery, Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug abuse, Rape, Drug use, Death, and Grief

fernanda_o's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Drug abuse

hailstorm3812's review

4.25

I think this was an interesting second installment in the series. The twists and turns had me on the edge of my seat. I audibly gasped at the end. The development of 3 of the POV characters was so good.

I hate to admit it, but especially Jond. Anoor on the otherhand is being manuevered to have interesting developments in the next book so made a lot of not good choices now.

Excited for the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, War, Sexism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Colonisation, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Abandonment, Child death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Medical content, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Genocide, Slavery, Abortion, Murder, Trafficking, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Child abuse

additional content warnings: extreme climate phenomena, intergenerational trauma, mentions of human experimentation