Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

14 reviews

alyssadavis's review

adventurous dark

• 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? It's complicated

2.5

They never pried, but it took him weeks to realize they didn't have to. They didn't ask for secrets; they settled for the breadcrumb truths of day to day life. They knew he hated vegetables but loved fruit, that his favorite color was gray, and that he didn't like movies or loud music. They were things Neil understood only in terms of survival, but his teammates hoarded these insights like gold. They were piecing Neil together and building a real person around all of his lies. They found the parts of him no disguise could change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

bisquii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Most of the characters are terrible people, but lovable in their own way. 

PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

I just put all the content warnings in the ‘Graphic’ section because this series basically has all of them in your face at one point or another. WARNING! This book shows a graphic sexual assault scene! Book 1 mostly implies it happening in a character’s past but in this book there is an actual scene! Please be careful!!

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

Again, the only big difference with character appearances is how they canonical appearance is different from the fanon appearance. I liked this book because the main character was more confident and just a little bit arrogant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

astralbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide