Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

4 reviews

opinkb's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

this is definitely my favorite one so far, but I wish there was more written about geralt & ciri’s relationship. I know these characters so well because of the show & what I know about the game, but I feel that their relationship isn’t very fleshed out in what I’ve read so far, even though it’s obvious they care for each other and are a family (including yennefer. yen & geralt’s and yen & ciri’s relationships are clearly defined and have been a focus so far, but I don’t feel the same has happened for geralt & ciri.) perhaps I’ve missed it but I just find it a bit odd. hopefully there’s more with those two in particular in the following books. I still loved this though 

also… why there isn’t a single map in any of these books is BEYOND me. smh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Slavery, and Torture

thebibliobibuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

2.0

The time of contempt is the third installment of the Witcher series. My opinion of this series has been divided  from the start. There are some element to the books that I love but the writer is one of the most toxic writers out there. 

These books are filled with toxic masculinity and sexism. I decided to tap all toxic sentences that I could find. I ended up with 23 taps. It would have been more if I had included repeated remarks. Here are some of the sentences: 

• “On the chair sat a MIDGET with a huge head, set directly on disproportionately narrow shoulders”
• “Not really” said the CRIPPLE, smiling. 
• “And if you rape any woman, do it on the quiet. Out of sight.” 

The writer always finds a way to talk about breasts, nipples, whores, rape and it doesn’t even matter if the individual he describes is a child. He romanticized rape, makes a lot of fatphobic comments and he is insensitive towards handicapped people. These books are problematic and if you didn’t already make the mistake to buy them please refrain from doing so. The story isn’t good enough to make up for it.  

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation