Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

36 reviews

zoe_mh's review

The pace of the book felt so slow, I didn't care for any of the characters and, while I understand the plot needs to unravel and the MC needs to develop their character, I was bored by how bland she was. The only times I liked the MC was when she would mentally comment on things (but of course never say them which made me find her too submissive for someone who we are meant to like). I skimmed to the end and was bored by the ending even though it seemed her character could get a backbone.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

chaptersofmads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse and Self harm

lizzyc_16's review

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

i finished this like 1 minute ago and...

what the frick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Xenophobia, War, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Genocide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic friendship

readtildawn's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

ducklingh's review

dark emotional tense 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

I've read this book a couple of times now and each time I really enjoy it. It's darker than I normally read, but I can't stop thinking about the characters and the world it's set in.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Death

spaceofspades's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

this book was really interesting and the ending didn’t go where I expect at all! I can’t think of much else to say haha, but I’ll definitely be reading the next book at some point!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

princess_azula's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Genocide, and Fire/Fire injury

teri_b's review against another edition

Too much of the wrong kind of abuse and incredibly tropey. This YA book has not aged well. Also, did not really like the narrators.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

oliviaferlazzo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book did not turn out like I expected. I kept thinking, “oh she’ll overcome that cause like, she’s the main character… oh wait… so no? But wait, yeah she will right?” Basically just like that throughout the whole book. 
But yeah, Marie Lu did an amazing job at expressing the fear of darkness and what you could do to people. This personally is the first book I’ve read like where you see that darkness firsthand— the actions and consequences and the sad humanness of it all. Really it reminded me of when I was a child and I didn’t know how to control my emotions or thoughts and everything was just roiling around. 
I had to close the book and weep at the turn of events and the way things ended up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

mommyidun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Medical trauma