Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa

6 reviews

rumroza's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Slavery, and Kidnapping

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child abuse, Classism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, Vomit, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, and War

bangiebangs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.5

Eeeeh... good but not great. It was a little harder to stick with this one somehow, it felt a little slow/tedious in places. I think the pacing here could have been better. 
That all said, I read it pretty quickly and enjoyed it, for the most part. Not loving the "sassy Black friend" here (though Temper is fire!), but oh well. We get some more Des, which is great, and the chemistry between these two is still great. The spice here is a bit secondary (3/5), but overall good story. Led me to read on, so I think if you liked the first one, you'll like this one. I am, however, hoping that the final book will pick up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, and Sexual content

heybethrenee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.5

This was pretty good! The middle was a little slow but things really picked up by the end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Slavery