Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

7 reviews

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

Honestly the only thing holding me back from a full 5 stars is that there were a lot of characters to keep track of sometimes and my brain isn’t always great at that. 

When say there were lots of characters I mean like Game of Thrones vibes* and like also with the politics and the twists and high stakes of it all. I really really enjoyed the political plot which is not something I usually like. I was LIVINGGG for the romance between Kazi and Jase! 

I think this one really outdid the first one and I’m very happy I read it. If you are gonna read this duology I’d definitely recommend reading them either back to back or close together just because I think that would’ve helped me with keeping track of the characters.

I want a full book of Greyson and Miandre post vault because I love reading their little quotes about the “before” and something else I love about these books is how it’s seems to be set in the future because the make references to “the before” that are things/constructs we have now


*im talking the show because I haven’t read the books so idk

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Violence, War, Confinement, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Genocide, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Grief

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.75

The first book may have introduced us to this world but this book expands it, digging in deeper, and breaking it down. Is he a friend or a foe, a monarch or a dictator? Will they meet again or die trying? This book takes you in an emotional ride that leaves you wanting just one more chapter!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, War, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

jana_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

praaliine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book came out swinging from page one. the stakes were so high from the very beginning and the suspense had me sweating like i was one of the characters. mary e pearson has a gift for delivering excellent characters with compelling backstories. a lot of authors give all the attention to main characters while leaving the supporting ones in the dirt. mrs pearson is NOT one of them. fantastic writing, world building, characters, plot, found family AND romance. mary e pearson put it all into this book and delivered it in a pretty red cover.
definitely way up there with the giants of ya fantasy, i will never not recommend!

it’s been a week and i just wanted to come back here and say i’m in a reading slump because i’m not over his book. it was so well done i can’t even.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

ttumbletree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

this book series, but this book in particular holds my heart in every single way and i wouldn’t have it any other way! i love every single thing about it!

•••

coming back one day later to add that i am still not over this bookseries and get random bursts of overwhelming emotions because i remember everything that happened… (i am once again not complaining)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and War