Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

4 reviews

booksthatburn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Murder, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, Confinement, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cursing, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Drug use

nekoshka's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

mimeflower's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

Straight people are wild.
Which is to say, there are elements of this book that I like (strangely, none of them were fire), but the romances were easily the least convincing part of any of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Gore

carolined314's review

Slow, politics-focused. Gave up when young princess and older captain (who'd slept with her stepmother) were obviously about to be a thing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, and Death