Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Fated Throne by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

7 reviews

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i thought cursed fates was depressing but this installment was pretty much suffering the whole way through and none of them could catch a break. the last 20% got balls-to-the-wall insane and then they had that goofy avengers assemble ass scene but i was just so relieved at a reprieve from the endless sense of doom that i was eating it up. caroline and susanne will of course need to be dealt with for the other thing that happens in the last 20%, because if they commit to it i will have to bill them for my therapy. 4 months' worth at least.

the character development in this book was so good; all of them grow but seth, darcy, and darius specifically shocked me in a very good way. if i'm honest more seth + darcy than darius because he was stubborn about his stupid politics until pretty much the very end but i feel like he really turned a corner. i've never hated seth as much as i should've but he really improved in this book and made an effort to be a better person (not sure why but i'm not complaining) and darcy got the chance to step up and gain self confidence. she's always seemed pretty docile and amenable to a fault next to tory but she's shown she's not to be underestimated at all and i loved it so much; i knew she was capable of it and it's so satisfying i feel like a proud mother!!

i'm sure geraldine's dialogue is objectively way over the top but in the 800 pages of psychological torture i was just happy for something silly to amuse me so i didn't throw my phone at the wall. again the last 20% just got batshit crazy but i loved it; it felt like they were finally able to land a strike after so long waiting and preparing. on another note i really feel for xavier (i swear this is not girl hate but) i don't think sofia deserves him at all. she's really nice as a character otherwise but xavier deserves to have someone that cares about him as much as he cares about her and she doesn't really fit that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Genocide, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Rape

student/teacher relationship

urtchen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

unicornofthesea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

_alyssar_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

briochebun's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

4.25 out of 5 ☆’s.

“It was time for the King and his army to fall. And the Vega Queens to rise.”

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To quote The Script: “I’m still alive, but I’m barely breathing.”

If I’m being honest — I don’t know if I have enough emotional energy in me to continue the series…

(I will be starting ”Heartless Sky” soon regardless, though, because if I take a break now then I just know that I will never gather up the courage to read it…)

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Wish me luck! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Torture, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Classism, War, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism

akblair's review against another edition

dark

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, and War

Moderate: Rape, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

sam019's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

Love this series so much. Super glad that it wasn't as depressing as the last couple books! I have no other works for this book other than the fact that I loved every page of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence