Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

6 reviews

anntharai's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Cliffhangers kill me but yet here we are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

emmjay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

pinkanddying's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

ein Buch was Trauma aufarbeitet, authentische Charaktere hat und vor allem dieses ganz spezifische menschliche Gefühl beschreibt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

scribblesandsuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

Much like the first book, very much enjoyed the story, but the author's style is distracting and honestly? A little over familiar. Still very excited to read the next book in the series though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, Slavery, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

vespertine_moth'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Vomit, Torture, Slavery, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

thelizzielibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Talk about a cliffhanger! We all know Jay Kristoff writes absolutely brilliant novels (if you don't know that, please come out from under your rock and join us), and this was another brilliant example. Too many things were so great, so here's a short list:
- The pacing! I hate books that bog me down in unnecessary explanations, and with the long timeline in this book, I expected to be frustrated with the pacing, but it was perfect.
- Those character arcs though. For real. I didn't know who was good or bad because everyone was morally grey, which is one of my favorite techniques in books, even when it drives me nuts.
- The narration of the book. Sometimes it was formed to trick the reader, and it was so subtle and well done!
- Obviously the world building is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit