Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

44 reviews

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

This was such a fun quest/adventure-based fantasy about a group of kids who are raised and forced to enter a deadly competition. I am not always the biggest fan of so many POVs (I really prefer 3 or less), but this was still wildly entertaining and captivating! I truly was at the edge of my seat for much of this book. I am really excited to continue the series. I also think this would translate really well to a movie trilogy or a limited tv series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide, and Vomit

benlundns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Child abuse, and Violence

_persephone's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol and Body horror

edilyaaang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The beginning is a little slow and boring. I had a hard time pushing through the parts before the tournament began. But once the fight started I got hooked. 

The only charcter I didn't like was Isobel. She started out strong for me. A bad-ass pretty girl who can stand for herself. Heck yeah! But as the story progressed, she began acting all wishy-washy and I find myself rolling my eyes at Isobel more. 

She claims to hate being a champion and dreads that she has to kill other people especially her friends and Alistair but when presented with a possible way to end the tournament without further bloodshed, she refuses to listen. Ugh! And the communication skills of everyone in this is shit. Why can't they just listen to one another when they obviously had agreed to alliances.

Those are the only downsides and why I did not give this book a 5⭐.

I love Alistair's character the most. He was the realest of everyone even though he was raised to prentend as someone he never was. I do feel sorry for him though. That is one sad way to grow up. That ending though! Satisfying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, and Violence

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol

misszoe'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the book and how messed up the characters were. At first you think they aren't as bad but as the book goes on.. They do become villains, each in their own right. What I loved was the characterization of each character and how they each had very clear goals and motivations. I will say though that Alistair's widow peak did not need to be mentioned quite as often - that being said, Alistair is my fave <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Bullying

ergaich's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Such a great and well developed book. Told from the perspective of 4 different characters, each person had their own unique personality and arc. Every single character in this book was expertly thought out. The magic system was simple to understand and the plot didn’t rely on it to further the story, which is a sign of a great writer. There were multiple twists in the story and I never got bored. 

I listened to this book which made the experience phenomenal. The multiple audio narrators and accents definitely helped differentiate the 4 different perspectives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Suicide

minik_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Abandonment, and Vomit

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

This was a bit slow to build up and one of the big reveals was quite anticlimactic but I really enjoyed the premise and I like all the characters and their little interactions in a dark tournament setting 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Violence