Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

40 reviews

begentile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Torture

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse

jupiterlee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

The only reason this book didn't get a 5Star is because I am not sure how the rest of the series is going to play out. We have been told it is going to be 6/7books and I am wondering how the lacing is going to work.so I knocked half a star off as I am not jumping to read the next book.
That does not mean that I have lost interest or I am not intrigued because I am, but I feel that for the time being, for me, it has ended nicely that I can leave it for a while and then go back (this is coming from someone who hates to read unfinished series due to not having patience to wait for the next books to come out so this is a purely bias opinion)

It does start of slightly slow but I believe this is due to all the information that the reader needed to understand the back story etc,but it does pick up!
this series has a badass curvy woman as the protagonist that is snarky and doesn't like being told what to do. Of course here is also a beautiful male counter part that I believe most woman (and men) would throw themselves at. There are also plenty of side characters that you can't help but love.

It is a story that deals with a lot of different themes and I love nothing better that power hungry abusing individuals get what the deserve.

It should possibly come with a few content warnings such as abuse, torture (in my opinion), violence etc but I do not believe that any of them are graphic enough that it should cause distress but if you have experienced any you may want to be careful!

As I said at the begining, the pacing of this book certainly picked up and if has left me wondering how we are going to get 6/7 books out of this series but I am excited to find out and I am in it for the journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Violence, Body shaming, War, Bullying, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent

miciahsreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Rape

lornak14's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

solinel7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring sad 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

I actually enjoyed this book so much. There were many things that I saw coming but one I didnt and that was the end. 
It's been a day since I finished reading it and I haven't stopped thinking about it so, had to get the others. I don't know what to say without spoiling so...
I gave it a 4.5 rating but it might change.

If you plan on reading this, you should definitely look for a list of Trigger Warnings. It's really important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

ionai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Murder

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Animal death, and Alcohol

abbs15norm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Violence

hannalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

I was worried this book wouldn’t live up to the hype, but if you stick it through, it will. Not going to lie, it was slowwww all the way up until halfway through, and it finally started picking up then and became worth it. If you endure the world-building and slowness, you’re hit with a killer plot twist and great development in the characters and overall story-arc. Is the relationship toxic? A little bit. Do you love it anyways? Yes, you very much do. A few really spicy scenes that live up to the hype as well.