Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

13 reviews

entropyseeker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

I dropped this series 8 or so years ago because Darrow's decline from a man of the people into a man of war made my heart too sad. Picking this book up after so many years later and I forgot just how gruesome the Red Rising series can be. I know it's called Dark Age, but goddamn, read the content warnings. Once again, characters you love die and things only get worse for our cast. Fingers crossed that it eventually looks up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

mfrichter10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spatters21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

specialbread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

This is a far-sight better than Iron Gold.

Though I don't enjoy Lysander's point of view, I understand that we need some point of view from the Society. With Volsang Fa, the leader of the Ascomanni, and the Jackal-reborn rising as quite possibly the true villains of the saga, we will probably see Darrow and Lysander team up to defeat one or both of them. I genuinely think that Lysander has been brainwashed into believing that golds are the only people who should not be slaves. I don't love his misunderstanding and unwillingness to look at who Darrow is. On the other side of the narrative, Ephram and Lyria are quickly turning into some of my favorite characters in the whole series. I am excited to see where Lyria's story unfolds, as Ephram just got killed at the end.

Awesome book! I am excited to see where we go from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This book was BRUTAL. Not just because just about everything that could go wrong did. Not just because our heroes were backed into all corners. But because the author thought it would be cute to kill every third character 😭 I feel like I’ve lost so much of my heart. But I must see this series through because it couldn’t have all been for nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Addiction

kaseyzeller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Misogyny

pink_wardah's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

josiah17's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

"You know I believe we all begin equal parts light and dark. I fear you think your strength lies in your darkness. But the measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends."

This is certainly one of the most bleak and gruesome books I will ever read. But besides one twist that I didn't like, this was a great step up from Iron Gold. Finally getting Mustang POVs was such a great treat. 

And regarding the Mustang POVs, getting inside her head added so much of value to the story. I feel like after being frustrated with Darrow's arc in Iron Gold, understanding Mustang's view on his actions helped me better understand Darrow. That was an excellent writing choice by Pierce Brown.

Overall, great book. Looking forward to Light Bringer. 

Edit 7/28/23: changed rating from 4.75 to 4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Incest and Sexual content

sask_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit