Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Night and Its Moon by Piper C.J.

22 reviews

jdianm's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

“You’re a witch and a bastard. Just let me be angry. But you don’t have to do or be anything other than what you are. Except for the witchcraft. Maybe don’t do that one anymore.” 

“Why she did these things, she did not know. Her mind was a busy, violent place. Writing and drawing the thoughts drained them from the cage of her head, leeching the terrors from her body onto the papers.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder and Physical abuse

Minor: Grief, Sexual violence, Torture, and Gore

amadpanda's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Trafficking, Abandonment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Gore and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

cjblackwell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

I really like the plot and the characters. Pace was a bit slower than I'm used to, but I don't often read fantasy and opt for contemporary romance, so the pacing comes with the genre. Will continue onto the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content

kaylurzz's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? No

2.0

The amount of times I almost DNF-ed this. I should have and saved myself some time lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Religious bigotry, War, and Xenophobia

court_reads_it_all's review

The first red flag in the book is the constant description of Amaris' white skin as pure and beautiful, while Nox, the only POC character, is the only one to be whipped. Additionally, Amaris romanticizes life as a farmer or noble man's wife, while Nox tries to protect her friend during a traumatic event. The writing style attempts to mimic Tolkien or C.S. Lewis but falls short, resulting in the book dragging on with chapters dedicated to mundane tasks. Overall, the book is disappointing and only receives one star despite being a gift and on my to-be-read list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, Racism, Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

sapphic_in_the_stacks's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

I did not have super high hopes for this book, but it really surprised me. While I can admit that the writing was not the most polished (there were some typos and the same dramatic phrasing reused multiple times throughout the book), the story was compelling and I enjoyed the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

jescie's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Torture, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

nerdyforbooks_'s review against another edition

Do yourself a favor and research this book online & don’t just rely on reviews.

I bought this book because of the back. What an AWESOME sounding concept, two fae-touched girls, fighting across the world to reach each other in a war. Cool! I knew nothing about the controversy behind it.

This book is not cool. Let’s start with the fact that in 125 pages I know barely anything about this world. Even though the author tries to make it sound like Nox is highly educated & worldly. Then let’s touch on the fact that tokenism is literally dropped in the first… 20 pages of this book and then the POC MC is whipped for breaking a bottle of oil & bag of flour on page 44. If you can get past those super gross feeling cringe moments, color me shocked because I probably zoned out multiple times just going along from the crap filler.

I was willing to give this book the benefit of the doubt (like OK whipping during medieval times was a form of punishment if we wanna argue that angle - but I don’t even know ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WORLD to say that’s a fair argument), but uhh… all I can say is WTF. Find something better to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, and Violence

darcona's review

adventurous slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence