Reviews tagging 'Rape'

King of the Dark by Ariana Nash

17 reviews

bespectacled_lemur's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Only docking points because for a bit there I was convinced it was gonna be

a nice poly domestic trilogy. The twist broke me.

Heart wrenching stuff but well-delivered. Not sure what to expect from the next two books but they're already on the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

alstjohn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and War

nos22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

nikki_b's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I have an enemies-to-lovers relationship with this series. (The plot + characters make me mad and I like it!!!! 😤)

I love how messy and dumb these characters are (in a very human "making quick, emotionally-charged decisions with none of the necessary information" way, not in a "I am worried this character has a brain-eating parasite" way). Niko is angry 😡 all the time and that does get a bit tiring by later books but... he's got reasons so I let it slide. He's young and f'ed up.
I don't get the Witcher vibes here (aside from white hair) that other people have mentioned. Feels more like a mashup of Game of Thrones and Captive Prince with a sprinkle of orcs + magic from LOTR. 

I did see some twists coming but not all of them... and that automatically grants an author some extra stars from me even if I might burn my Kindle reading about someone's "cheeks flickering/fluttering" every two pages. (facial cheeks not 🍑 cheeks, unfortunately LOL.)

DEFINITELY mind trigger/content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty and Blood

raintje's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Incest

bworthit's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

Where is my thruple? This could have been of whole lot more interesting if the book had given us a complicated relationship between the 3 characters. Instead, it's a blind siding twist that never laid the groundwork for it, never gave us the nuance to make it worthwhile and gut wrenching. It wasn't meaningful and left me disappointed because I wasn't invested. 

The world building is exciting and the elves are interesting, but for me, none of the characters are redeemable or likable enough to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death

joonjxne's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: War

guybrushtmp's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

Ok this is definitely more Silk & Steel than it is Dante's End. I didn't even hate the insta-lust like I usually do. I am intrigued to see the building relationship in book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Murder

corin_134340's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Incest

nim22_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Violence