Reviews tagging 'Incest'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

215 reviews

ymloar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest and Slavery

buffy87's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO damn SLOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! But it does create tension. The writing felt like a slog tho - it's almost as if GRRM hates writing this book as much I hated reading all that damn exposition. Lol. I will say the fantasy is super light....don't get much fantastical plot points until about 70% way through. Also so unbelievably fatphobic and orientalist. Like WOW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Incest, and Sexual content

mrolph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

5.0

Was surprised at how much characters straight-up said the phrase "game of thrones". It was at least four times. This book made me appreciate the first season that much more considering how accurate and reverent it is to the source material. However, I felt like I was getting a lot of details that I didn't get in the show.

Dany dreaming of the red door of her home. Catelyn reminiscing on her childhood with Littlefinger and her sister Lysa. Cersei mentioning her and her brother being born together, him grabbing her foot, as if it excuses the incest somehow. Eddard dreaming of his sister again and again, seeing the blue roses, and the secret he keeps about Jon...

This whole book is masterfully written. I understand why people are mad that the series still isn't finished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Incest and Rape

teddyotso's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

truly loved reading it and I do think it’s an incredible feat to have built this world and these characters… but I have to remove a star for some of the absolutely insane wild things written about dany…. At some points i just wanted to sit him down and go you’re actually not a 14 year old girl you’re a grown adult man and I should kill you…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

aubreydeleon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

muismuiscyno's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Grief

batmayne_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The 1st book is basically the 1st season but with so much more
I found myself loving my favourite characters (Ned, Dany) more then the show and recieved answers to questions i had around the GoT Universe 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

I refuse to believe Jon Snow is a targayren, current thoughts: he is a Baratheon

gvstyris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

 When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. 

I can’t rate this any higher in good faith because of its handling of sexual violence, the presentation of the Dothraki and the youth of its characters, but man, there’s just something about the original ASOIAF novels that House of the Dragon and the Game of Thrones adaptation can’t quite capture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

360minerstone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

4.75

I really really enjoyed this. The only thing keeping me from giving it a full five is the incest. 

Daenerys bringing about the new age of the dragons is amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, and Incest

cadenceh8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury