Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

7 reviews

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

"The past may instruct us. But it won’t save us."

Women's rights and wrongs but has Akasha ever been right?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bolivianrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

amotoquinha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and War

super_panda's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.25

This is an okay, albeit somewhat long, continuation of the vampire chronicles. However, it has passages that are so sexist that it becomes difficult to continue. I'm not sure what's worse; reading the dialog of this character or having their views go unchallenged. Also has racist undertones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Cultural appropriation

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Like other Anne Rice novels, The Queen of the Damned is difficult to rate. It's a collection of perspectives and has multiple narrators. It starts both more than 6000 years before the ending of The Vampire Lestat, a few days before, and the next morning, depending on where you start, and who's talking.

The Queen of the Damned explains the story of Akasha, and how vampires came into being. It also teases and finally tells The Story of the Twins, setting up the climactic scene between Akasha and those who stand against her. It also introduces the Talamasca to the Vampire Chronicles, something that will be important in later books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Cannibalism

Minor: Death of parent

sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Islamophobia, and Abortion

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Grief