Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

12 reviews

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Grief, Animal death, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

cymbal_curtain's review

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse

boobilby's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child abuse

adrienanthony's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

Fascinating world building and believable character interaction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Police brutality and Medical content

Minor: Torture and Genocide

frenchvanillapowdercreamer's review

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the beginning of this book a lot! The characters were fascinating, as was the world building. The ending I think left something to be desired, but I am excited to read the rest of the series. Definitely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

shainabriley's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Death, and Suicide

monniebiloney's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Not only does this book have great world building, but the plot is also quite engaging! The mysteries that were picked up in the second half we're solved in a satisfyingly way and really made me enjoy reading this.


The story has 2 main characters, and the story switched POV after every chapter between them. 

The main boy character has my favorite main character personality type, and the story handled him well.

 while the female character actually has one of my least favorite character personalities, she is well written for her arcitype which made her grow on me. She is a classic 'spunky female lead who always wants to be #1 and has lots of pride,' but she meshes well with the world and with the other characters.

this book ends in a way that I didn't know that there were more books in the series, which makes me extremely excited for the next book, as only the ebst of writers can have the confidence to not end their books on cliff hangers and knows that if they wrote a good book, people will want to read more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

recycled_personalities's review

dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

cool world, and like 2 decent characters. i think the societal structure is enough for me to recommend this book as i believe it is quite the ponder one can have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Genocide, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

meagancuth's review

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child abuse

kaylee4321's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Genocide