Reviews tagging 'Acephobia/Arophobia'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

8 reviews

jjnich's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Alcohol

wynterymess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

hadeshotline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia and Acephobia/Arophobia

ojpodge's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

strength is really in the characters, it’s not a work of literature but the characters are really well developed in my opinion. 
also the juxtaposition of neil being this hardened runaway mafia kid and then him being like “ARE we friends?” and all the romantic subtext going over his head,,,, i just think he’s neat, peak ace experience right there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death of parent, and Acephobia/Arophobia

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I think I'm a little bit traumatized...

Everyone always says how much they love this series, but they never mention just how freaking disturbing it is. Like, there's an on-page rape scene (the end of it, but the description is pretty obvious as to what happened) and really dark discussions of past trauma.

There's a violently arophobic passage in the middle that caught me completely off guard. Again, something nobody ever mentions.

I still barely see the main couple's attraction, and I've looking for it because that's all anyone ever seems to talk about when they mention this trilogy. Two books in and there isn't much to go on. I get that it's supposed to be slow burn, but this is almost non-existent burn... At this rate, it would take 2 more books for it to be somewhat believable if they ever get together.

So yeah, it's addictive, but I wouldn't recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

the_othersidewv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

son las 6, casi 7 de la mañana CÓMO SE SUPONE QUE ENFRENTE EL DÍA?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

Read For:

Good Humor

Chaotic Gays

Found Family

Fictional Sport

Hurt/Comfort… Mostly Hurt

Ugh, the relationships in this book really develop so much and it’s so good.  The plot really comes to life, problem after problem shows up and Neil is just stupidly there.

I used to not like this book as much as the other two, the angst was just too much but after so, so, so, many re-reads I love seeing how the characters develop, how the relationships build, platonic and romantic, Neil shares more, learns more about Andrew and it’s actually written really well.

Plus it’s super funny to re-read this and see just how much of a simp Andrew Minyard is for Neil so early on.  It’s something I don’t remember noticing through my first read but no I can’t unnoticed it.  Neil just being like, “I just asked.” the whole time.  Meanwhile, the foxes are just staring at him horrified Andrew didn’t kill him yet.

The end with Wymack picking Neil up at the airport after Christmas gets me every time, the emotional damage, the wholesomeness of David Wymack doing everything for his Foxes.  So good and so damn depressing all at once.  Pain and suffering but also iconic quotes and laughing at a short little blond man with knives simping for a pathological lair who is very much not “fine” at any point in his life.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 10, July 2013

POV: Third Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Demisexual (MC), Gay characters, Mental Illness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol

natnat_7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Toxic friendship