Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi

4 reviews

porcupine_girl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Genocide, Alcohol, Gore, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Classism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Body horror, Cursing, Alcoholism, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Animal death

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

slow-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: Physical abuse, Murder, Slavery, Drug use, Child death, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Torture, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

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

nightworldlove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Absolutely incredible sequel! There is so much intrigue and I was holding my breath a lot of the time, which is incredibly exciting! The twists and turns kept on coming, and then the cliffhanger was just incredible. Loved it from start to finish and can't wait for the last book! <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Torture, Child death, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, and Pregnancy