Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Last Hour Of Gann by R. Lee Smith

21 reviews

twoworldscollide's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Toxic friendship

The trigger warnings are real but it is not gratuitous or celebrated. This is a dystopian book and not for everyone but it deals with themes and issues common in our society set on another world. This is actually a HEA.

everlyreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Murder

aloeread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

addedtbr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amallard's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

My timetable has become:

4am: Wake
4am-9am: Wonder why I am awake
9am-7pm: Work on a project that's going nowhere
7pm-11pm: Read lizardman smut

I'm not into lizardmen. Meoraq did nothing for me. How do I justify this behaviour to myself? To the ones who love me?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

katiekeske's review against another edition

I have heard a lot of rave reviews for this, and I was prepared for some dark things because I had read various people's trigger warnings. That being said, it was still jarring for me to read the "hero" raping a young alien woman (or child? The hero is vague in describing her accurately because he doesn't even like her) on page early on. This alien society seems to treat women terribly, and I am having a hard time getting into this. I think I'm just not in the mood and will have to try again some other time. 

I was also put off by the constant fat phobia toward the heroine in the beginning part of the book before we've even met the alien. I like the grit that the character has, but she has to deal with so much terrible treatment from other people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

september_red's review against another edition

Didn’t realize there would be on-page rape perpetrated by the MMC, which was my bad for not checking the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

nofys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy

roxanne_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Don't read this thinking this is a romance book! This is for the horror fans that can enjoy a romantic subplot. This author knows how to write bad guys. Amber was so compelling and Scott was so punchable. I was struggling when the author threw us readers in the deep end of the alien world building, but glad I prevailed! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and War

lilehmoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction

If you're considering reading this book please be sure to read the content warnings first. I took over a year to finish the last chapter of this book because I loved it so much and didn't want it to end. The story is strange at times but it's incredibly well done. The world-building and religious themes blew me away. That said, I don't think I can actually recommend this book to anyone I know. It's dark, slow, and pretty brutal. I'd say you need to be in the right frame of mind for it.