Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

17 reviews

rootedreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

zealandrc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.5

I liked that Jasmine played such a big role in this twist. Interesting read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

ninaleeray's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

This take on Disney’s Aladdin starts off familiar and takes a dark turn. Jafar with his  evil magic goes to unimaginable lengths to become all powerful stops at nothing using Iago, genie and death to his advantage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, and Violence

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

joisaddler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

holiday7's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

3.0

I'm not really the biggest fan of Aladdin. But I kind of liked this one. It was pretty good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, and Animal death

asahome's review against another edition

1.5

 A man loses his mind and destroys my childhood.

I think this ruined my childhood... I mean, I know that sounds dramatic, but while reading the required book, I wanted to put it down so many times. I forced myself to finish, but it was so dark. So sad...  It made me so sad to think about how far people were willing to go to get power. Madness is not something that can be predicted. I finished this book and don't know if I'll continue with this series of books.

And what was done to Carpet... 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Confinement and Animal death

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The re-telling of “Aladdin” treads a fine line between a replica of the original source and fan-fiction, it is a lot better, and surprisingly more inspired, than it could have been. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Slavery, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Body horror, Medical content, Body shaming, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Minor: Fatphobia, Genocide, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Ultranationalist governments, arranged marriage, starvation, thirst, poverty, theft, and drowning in sand are also featured in the text.

ylienna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child death

Minor: Police brutality

maiareadss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5⭐️ it was a good read. It relied on the live action version a little too much. The added characters saved the whole book. It started off light then took a dark turn. It didn’t get super interesting until the 2nd half. It honestly didn’t need to be that long but still good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence