Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

12 reviews

c340's review against another edition

boring, forgot what the point of the plot was, main character was not interesting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

niki258devil_angel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

garrettcz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much I immediately read the entire trilogy, which rarely happens for me. I Couldn’t put any of them down! This series is really great. Dark as hell, but great. Check the content warnings for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rainyghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and War

nice_frogboy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

i think some of the reviews are missing the forest for the trees here - this protagonist isn't an edgy teen, he's a full-on sociopath. if you're not comfortable with inhabiting the mind of a genuinely bad person a la the works of Joe Abercrombie, you're going to have a bad time.

if you're cool with that, there's much here to enjoy. the writing is brisk and compelling, and i liked the buried lede that the setting

is not a fantasy realm, but a post-apocalyptic Earth that has simply been bombed out of their ability to read thumb drives.

the ending has a finality that makes this a pretty quality solo read, and i'd argue that the sequels end up being a little listless because of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Blood

lia_kim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I love the story bit hate the character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Murder

Moderate: Rape

dampgrass's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

1.0

I have never given a book a 1 star rating. This one is an exception. It read like a bad fanfiction that an 11 year old boy wrote, while being mad at his parents. All characters have zero redeeming qualities and are extremely sexist. The story has no point to it. All these men do, is kill and rape. Not to mention that the main protagonist was between 10 and 14 in the book and already killed half of the worlds population just because he loves killing. I do not understand how this is a trilogy and I never want to see or hear anything about this book again. I would not be surprised if only men enjoy reading this and I hope no woman ever thought this is an okay book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

wennanathalie's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

jsnyder517's review

The gore and sexual violence were so egregious as to make the book nauseating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Sexual violence

dispirited's review against another edition

The sexual violence in the book was too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, and Torture