Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

38 reviews

finless0904's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Murder, Sexual violence, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Sexism, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Infertility and Child death

bonbolino's review against another edition

i wanted to get through this book but i can only skip so many sex scenes without losing my entire mind over the lack of plot content

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Body shaming, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

careliza14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

4.75/5 stars

An incredible conclusion to this gruesome, heartbreaking story of resilience, determination, and revenge against all odds (especially when the odds are definitely *not* in your favor).

This sequel hit all of the best notes in character development and continuation of the plot. The interpersonal relationships grew significantly and the action scenes where even better (and more gruesome) than the first book. I really enjoyed adding more POVs and really getting into the heads of our main characters. 

The "mandate of heaven" was still not super well explained, which I think was probably intentional. Also Shelley did us dirty with the deaths in this one, and I'll leave it at that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, War, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

kristinallard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Slavery, Pregnancy, and War

readingelli's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

jaan's review against another edition

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

3.0

I was expecting a completely different book than the one I got, which is mostly why the rating for this book is so lukewarm, plus Parker-Chan veers too far into purple prose for my tastes. However, once I got on board with the story they were telling, I enjoyed it, even though it was (for the most part) quite predictable. The twist that

Ouyang's father is still alive

is VERY well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Readers should be warned that this book contains a lot more sexual content—indeed, is reliant on sexual politics in a way SWBTS isn't—and I would characterize the vast majority of it as of the 'dubious consent' variety.

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Abortion, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Infidelity, Body horror, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Gore, Sexual assault, War, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Violence

leanne_miron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Self harm, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

mmefish's review against another edition

Simply very different from the first book in almost every way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content