Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

6 reviews

akswhy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first YA romantacy I’ve actually enjoyed in YEARS! Pleasantly complex plot, fun twists and turns, and an interesting world. I’m excited to start book 2! Mind the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Rape and Stalking

hawkescatesreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence

juliapatt2007's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual violence

connora795's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

inkysplodge's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Sexual violence, and Vomit

easy_as_mpp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was totally delightful - I can’t wait to read what’s next. 

I said that the book didn’t have a diverse cast because there is only one character who has darker skin as far as I can remember and that was mentioned once when she was introduced and then never again. This always feels to me like a tactic white authors use to add “diversity” without actually representing marginalized communities. 

I thought the moral quandaries in the book were very interesting and well flushed out, and though the conclusions the characters reached were different from my opinions/politics, I understood where they were coming from and totally understood why everything played out as it did without feeling cheated or like the author skipped some big part of the moral quandary to bring her point home.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

There was a minor (as in brief) scene in which a character was worried she was going to be sexually assaulted but was not.