Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab

5 reviews

saracat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

It is no surprise to me that I loved and adored this book. So far everything I've read by Schwab I have adored. Sometimes when I read books that authors wrote much earlier in their career, I can sense that they are still coming into their own. But in this book, she already feels to have an understanding of her craft and I would not have guessed this was written so early in her career without the forward saying so.

As with some of the other books I have read by her, I adore, love, and root for the main characters with everything in me and feel intense dislike and disgust at those who seem to give no effort to hear and understand what is being said to them.

This audiobook version includes at the end the story of Cole and it was painful to hear the full extent of what led to his coming to Near.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Self harm, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

In this book, the 'racism' is directed towards witches.

tales_of_1001_books's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

eve_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

Overall Thoughts:
⁕ The strongest aspects of this book were its lyrical writing style and gloomy atmosphere. I got major Grimm’s Fairytale vibes; this is definitely a good fall-time read!

⁕ There are some big YA tropes in here: a dark and mysterious love interest, the death of parent, and a rebellious main character. All of them were well-written!

⁕ I didn’t fall in love the characters as I have with Schwab’s other books. That’s not to say they aren’t believable, I just didn’t get as invested.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, and Self harm

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Self harm, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

danicaleblanc's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Self harm

Minor: Physical abuse