Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Children of Blood and Bone: Seer Edition by Tomi Adeyemi

49 reviews

scribblerrva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a great book from beginning to end. The only reason I didn’t give it the full 5 is because only 3 of the 4 central characters had their side of the story told. Other than that, it was a well-written and engaging read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Torture

battybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

This was a book I've had on my shelves forever, and once I actually got over the hurdle of starting it, I could not put it down. This giant book came with me everywhere and it was very fun to read. I loved Zelie and Amari's chapters, and even Inan after a period. I think the author did the separation of their voices incredibly well and the characters' shifts and growth were developed and lovely to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

britt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Blood

batwinggoth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Police brutality

lj_parkinson's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

readingwithkelso's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

browneyedbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

lifeoutsidethelines's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my new favorites!! Loved everything about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

I chose this book to tick off the Afrofuturism prompt of the Reading Women Challenge 2020. I hadn't heard of Afrofuturism before and even after reading a little about it I wasn't sure I fully grasped the concept.

Children of Blood and Bone is the story of a quest to return magic to Orisha, to right the generations of injustice that have gone before, to unite the people and share power. 

It's told through 4 points of view and I do love multiple POVs but in this book it didn't work as well for me as it usually does. The book is full off emotion, history and chaos. There are clearly comparisons to be made with apartide, segregation, institutional racism and the events which recently led to the BLM protests. There are powerful emotions around the coming of age, discovering your inner strength, testing yourself, trust and responsibility. There are first loves, family connections, grief and challenges of belonging. I wanted deeper more insightful narrators to really explore all of these themes and I found that each chapter was too short to accomplish this. I was hopping from one narrator to the next too quickly.

Having said that, it's a wonderful world that has been created and there's an interesting timelessness to the story. The adventure just keeps on coming, on land and on water. It's a great work of fantasy  but it missed the mark on the feels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Grief