Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

21 reviews

wispwill's review against another edition

2.5

The plot of this final book is so nonsensical and unconnected to any of the themes it seems to be trying to put forward, that I created an entire PowerPoint for my book club to express my pain. It's like a pile of shattered pieces of an actually GOOD book that were glued together, in the wrong order, with chewing gum and pine sap. Why does the

CHILD god end up wanting to have sex with like 4 different people? Including BOTH his mothers? What does him getting older have to do with anything else in the book? Why does Sieh have a traumatic history with his son, if none of that relationship is explored and he just ends up stabbing him? Why does Deka, as a teenager/young adult, have the hots for the CHILD. GOD. WHY DO THE NEW THREE HAVE. REALITY BENDING POWERS??

N.K. you did my book club dirty.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Incest, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

barda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcohol

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, and Incest

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual content, Violence, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

libraryraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Violence

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Incest, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.0

I really enjoy what the series does world-building wise with the gods and their natures but really feel this would be better without all the romances. Particularly in this installment it is very uncomfortable because the god is a child god but also one of the oldest gods and lines get blurred in uncomfortable ways. But the way this wrapped up felt very full circle and like a myth in ways. I'd still recommend reading if you want to read all of Jemisin's backlog but her other series are far better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual violence

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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 is not a perfect end to the trilogy, and in that sense is it the best suit for this story. This is a series about the folly of gods and humanity and imperfection and mistakes and the beauty of it all—why would it end with a neat little bow? If you’ve gotten this far, you need little persuasion to continue reading, but Jemisin makes it worth your while with a character study that reveals multitudes about this lovely world she’s made.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Incest, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Excrement

applequinn's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest