Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Marcada by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

4 reviews

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, and Child death

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Incest, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

anilein's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Vomit, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Violence

reading_warren's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

The only reason this book is rated so highly for me is because of the nostalgia factor. I loved vampire YA as a kid, and I love it now, even when the plot is a little meh, the characters are a little bit one-note and/or stereotypical, and it's (somewhat) diverse at the cost of being pretty racially insensitive (at least from what I can tell as a white person).  The one gay character is also not what I would consider exemplary representation.  But, it's fun, it's got a little mystery, and it's got vampire school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

Child death:

Spoiler

the death is of other vampire high school students because the course of the change into a vampire can be fatal, the deaths aren't of those in the main cast

Violence:

Spoiler

there is a violent altercation at the end of the book in which multiple characters are in life-threatening danger, blood is shed

Sexual Violence:

Spoiler

there is a scene early in the novel in which a girl is trying to convince a guy to let her give him oral sex. the behavior is condemned and called "rapey" later in the novel

thebookdreamersalley's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence and Child abuse