Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

23 reviews

deb_is_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Torture, and Murder

theresa_verry'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Torture

arkwen452's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

The only good thing about this book is the ending. Literally at the 97% mark. I don't mind Charles or Anna but it's like PB can't write anything without making women characters victims or SA victims. SA is not the only thing that makes women survivors, resilient or tough. It's old, tiring and just makes me want to not power through this series. The decade the series came out in is not an excuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

elle_bright's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mirrorstorm_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape

bibibutterfly's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

michellewords's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 I just love Charles + Anna. Alpha and Omega series is such a comfort read for me.
So Charles is like the "muscle" for the werewolves in the USA. Lately he has had to put down a lot more werewolves than normal and he has some literal ghosts hanging around, messing up everything.
To help distract him, Anna takes Charles to Boston to hunt down a longtime serial killer that's taken to targeting werewolves.
Fair Game was a fun ride with new characters and a delightful, dark mystery.
I liked it a lot. It was a standard Briggs novel - a fast easy read. Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

simonlorden's review

4.0

overall this wasn't my favourite book, but holy shit that ending

cw: big focus on a serial killer who rapes and mutilates victims, many of them underage. descriptions of dead bodies.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Murder

kasaya_mt33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of my favourite rereads. I get tired of reading books with immature couples and over the top drama so I appreciate Patricia Briggs way of portraying healthy relationships in her books. It makes her writing even more enjoyable because its not always about somebody's hurt ego. I love Charles and Anna's relationship.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Violence

bookphenomena_micky's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Slow to start and for some reason the plot line didn't spark for me. However, at about one third of the way through things picked up (could be me, could be PB). I liked some of the Charles-Anna push pull working through their connection problems. Lots of grimness and abusive behaviour in the baddies of the piece which was rather discomforting.

Mostly left me with a postivive feeling in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Rape