Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by

21 reviews

r_a_bell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

librarianeno's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

I feel like Meadows couldn't decide what to focus on: the magic, the romance, the mystery, or the language. So everything felt half-developed. What felt fully developed was the romance and the mystery. I had a hard time keeping track of all the different honorifics and pronouns that were used by the different characters. I wish that there was a glossary or explanation of how each one was used. The magic didn't really come into play until 3/4 of the way through the book and it felt like an afterthought. And like it was just added to try to bring a wider audience to the book. I loved all the LGBTQIA+ aspects of the story and especially loved that once the ambassador (I forgot the specific name Meadows uses for the ambassador) finds out that the main character is gay, she offers the brother of the girl he was going to betroth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Sexual harassment

yomuyomub's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

abarnakwn_ourcolourfulpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

Lovely, imaginative book about QPOC fantasy romance with great mutism and sign language representation, but BE SURE TO CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS. The subjects are handled well, but they are handled explicitly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

There is ultimately healing in this story, but the author doesn't flinch away from full descriptions of all the traumatic events.

zed_dog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

I would recommend this book more widely and wholeheartedly, but I hesitate because of the very, very prominent description of sexual violence and the associated physical and mental trauma. It's ultimately a hopeful book about resilience (and healthy romantic relationship negotiation, empowerment, and political intrigue), but there is certainly no flinching from the disturbing content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking

francisfrancis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Xenophobia, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

albernikolauras's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

An emotional queer romance that will put you through the ringer as you follow the main character (Vel) and his love interest (Cae) as they navigate their somewhat unplanned marriage and try to figure out who is trying to kill Vel.

This book has everything - great friendships, adorable romance, some fun politics to explore (and main characters who aren't very good at politics), and a murder mystery. It was a great book to read amongst the middling books around it.

Note - This story starts out with an extremely violent scene (check trigger warnings), and for a large part of the book, a character is dealing with the repercussions of that act. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, and Outing

jakegray's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

One of my favourite reads of the year! I loved the characters, the relationships, the court intrigue, all so good! I did figure out who was behind the intrigue fairly early on but it didn't impact my enjoyment at all. I do wish we'd gotten more of the politics between the various nations as that piece felt a bit lacking, but the focus on the relationships made up for the limited scope of the political intrigue. Highly recommend, but definitely do check content warnings before reading as there are quite a few graphic scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail