Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

31 reviews

melanie182's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

Uno dei fantasy più intriganti ch'io abbia mai letto. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault

cw: slight mentions of past instances of child sex slavery

enbygolem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Torture

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Thank you to LibroFm for the ALC of this book. 
This is a fantasy of absolutely epic proportions.  I loved every single bit of it. Xiala is one of my new favorite characters of all time. I was immediately hooked on her storyline and character development.

I also loved Serapio and his story. There is so much going on there, and he is such an interesting character.

The plot of this book really took me by surprise. There was so much going on, from political rivalries, to religious sects, to sirens and villains and cults and everything, but it all flowed together really well.

Roanhorse's writing is delightful and accessible. I absolutely love how well she incorporates so much world-building in without making it feel like exposition drops or overly explanatory writing.

Honestly this book was incredible and I can't wait for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

festive_fossil's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

christalbotheindl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexism

melissajohnson2017's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Genocide

lorie336's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This had everything I wanted, violence, adventure, a little mystery, a little romance, betrayal, hope, friendship, and it was epic. This kept me turning the pages wanting more and when I got to the last page I was overjoyed, but cried out that it couldn't end there! A bit of a cliffhanger with our characters who were all fleshed out and was secretly happy with the demise of a side character. I fell in love with the bond between Serapio and Xiala, both outsiders to the main or normal people and bonding over stories, mainly hers of being Teek, but he tells her about his past. The journey they go on together is well written  and in between their journey is the one of Nara who is the sun priest and not only wants peace, but to show the clans that the priests and watchers are still relevant as well as approachable. Things go awry immediately and only goes downhill for Nara until she remembers who she really is. Overall, amazing story and cannot wait for book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 Inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas, this book starts off a new fantasy series by introducing you to a cast of characters dealing with celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. There are also mermaids and giant crows—what more do you need??

It took me a while to get into this story, but once I was in, y’all, I was hooked! The audiobook has four different narrators, and they each were excellent. I really liked the different POVs, as it allowed the world to be fully fleshed out—these characters don’t all agree with each other. This also came with a pdf file of the character list, which I found very helpful as I was listening.

The world building in this is stunning, but I really fell in love with the characters. I just want them to all get along! There’s nice development too that I’m looking forward to seeing more fleshed out as the series continues. Did I mention book two isn’t out yet? It’s been rough y’all 😩

Thank you to Libro.fm, Simon Audio, and the author for my copy!

Read if you like: high-fantasy, morally gray characters, ancient religions.

CW: violence, abuse, suicide, sexual assault, child abuse, gore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Confinement

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 5 stars
Plot: 5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Sexual assault