Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Tankeläsaren by Kristin Cashore

60 reviews

yoskibroski's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Murder

anacereading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

beebookcandle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

The “bad” character is 100% purely evil. So bad.

elementsoul's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

It's one of my go-tos when I want to re-read something that feels confortable. I love the characters and the feelings the book evokes. It's really refreshing reading something medieval-like with healthy relationships and without rampant misogyny: there are a coulpe of sexist coments from secondary characters, but they are not really relevant to the book, and are quickly dissmissed by the main characters. 
The plot has some dark points (see the content warnings), but the darker stuff is often insinuated or briefly mentioned. 
I've read it in Spanish, so I can't really rate the style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

libbyhb's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Love this book and the whole series! It's really stuck with me over the almost decade since I first read it. I love the characters, the world, and the structure of the Graceling magic. The way the story unfolds is so engaging, even if it's a little bit predictable at times. I also love that this book talks about menstruation, contraception, and people not wanting to have children in a way that feels natural and fits into the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Infertility

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is probably the first time I've re-read this book since reading it when it first came out and it still stands up! I love Katas and Po and the way they change throughout the book. I don't know why this isn't on my re-read list more often! This is such a great world to jump into, and I'm glad I'm re-reading it before reading Winterkeep. I needed to be re-acquainted with these characters before jumping into a new novel for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual content

radreadswithrachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

pigeonsjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Torture and Animal cruelty

spiffleh's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

This review ended up being a bit of a word vomit so you have been warned.

This series is the surprise delight of the year so far. The characters and world are interesting and complex. The magic (Graced) are a really unique idea. I particularly enjoy that people may be graced in something that is singularly un-useful. In most fantasy novels (with magic) if you win the genetic lottery and end up magical, it's like a quick path to power, success and prestige. In this book magic users are treated differently that I had seen in any other fictional world. They aren't gods and they aren't reviled. They simply exist and if they can use their Grace for something useful that's great. But since not all Graces are useful (imagine, for example, being really really good at climbing trees or blowing bubblegum and that's your whole schtick), people are sometimes not terribly interested in the Graced. I can't rave enough about this series. All three are very unique but quite excellent. Highly recommend.

Generally this is how I rate books:

5 Stars - I never wanted to put the book down
4 Stars - I was usually interested in continuing most of the time
3 Stars - I often got bored but was able to finish
2 Stars - I got bored enough to put the book down - I couldn't finish (or would have if not for some reason)
1 Star - I was deeply offended by something in this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse