Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

39 reviews

tired_cicada's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was absolutely INSANE and I loved every second of it! Finished in one sitting.

Gothic horror at its finest, with twists and turns that had me at the edge of my seat! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Confinement, Abandonment, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

toodrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This is hands down one of the best books I've ever read. There is very little I can say about the book without spoilers. It is better to read without knowing much about the book.

I believe this book is best suited for fantasy and fairy tale enthusiasts. 

Every element is a brushstroke in this absolute masterpiece. But be prepared for trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Sexual content, Bullying, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Rape

hareems's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This was an absolutely magical fairy tale. It was atmospheric and eerily beautiful. It shows the ways that love and friendship can fully consume us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault

fionamatilda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

tzal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Death

ctara2123's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Murder

neonpomegranate's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

I hated this book and I feel manipulated in to finishing it just so I could know I was right to guess what happened from the beginning. I should have DNFed it and read a summary of it. It was slow and obvious, with a meaningless manic pixie dream girl as the main character, plus an all knowing blind character who speaks in riddles (maybe manic pixie dream girl isn’t quite right since she’s not there for someone else’s growth because literally no one grows or changes or learns anything). Yuck. This was the worst use of the idea of magic - constantly called on as a concept, never true, just a lazy, bad writing cover over the obvious things that had happened from the beginning.

Spoiler

oh what the brother died and existed and it wasn’t magic; Azure was recognized by name the moment she got to any place where people had known her; obviously someone who says not to ask any questions is lying; the title of the book gives away the entire plot. I just cannot understand how this was a book when the plot was obvious immediately, but nothing besides the plot existed - no interesting character development, no interesting world building, nothing. Literally every moment of this book was obvious. The reader is told the entire plot through fairytales immediately at the beginning. I cannot understand who could possibly have been surprised by these supposed plot twists.

This book was so bad it made me angry and put me in a bad mood. 

This book also has a disgusting, unnecessary sexual assault in it that didn’t need to exist. 

Basically I’m shocked this book wasn’t written by a man. Proof women can write books just as awful, vapid, misogynist, ableist in a subhuman/superhuman all knowing way, with an unnecessary sexual assault, and where no actual women ever learn or grow or do anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

lauren97224's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault and Bullying

Minor: Child abuse