Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

23 reviews

tecovb's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

jeannis's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

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

nice_frogboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.25

this is a fun little book, and not a bad crack at hard fantasy for the Dresden Files guy. unfortunately, here are two things that ruin it for me:

1) he wrote this based on a bet that he received on a forum that he could not successfully combine "Pokemon" and "Roman legions" together in one book. this brings a lot of the decisions made in here into clarity, and not in a way that i really enjoy.

2) (CW: sexual assault)

it features the most doggedly persistent attempted rapist i've ever seen in a book. i mean, this guy just won't go away. he's like the Michael Myers of raping. i hate it

unfortunately, these reservations kind of sink the book for me, and i would not recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Cannibalism

iono's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

deinol's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I would have liked it better except for the use of, well, see content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

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

phantomgecko's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting plot, likeable characters. Surprisingly dark tho. My library characterized this as young adult, so I was surprised by all the cannibalism, gore, rape.

There are other uncomfy elements as well. Didn't love the depiction of the Marat. They were characterized in the beginning as less than human beasts, which was okay until actually interacting with them. Like, wow my guy, these are human people, maybe don't continue describing them like literal animals.

Isana as a character was not very believable for me. Spinster stereotype. Sorry, I just don't believe a capable, emotionally stable adult woman would be jealous of a 14ish year old.

On the other hand, big fan of

Amara and Bernard's relationship. In real life, this age gap is yucky. I'm a sucker for it in fiction, tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and War

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

aveneg's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Would have enjoyed this book much more without the unnecessary rape throughout. It really added nothing to the story and soured what could have been an okay story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and War

emergencybonsai's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Took me a couple tries to get through this book but this ended up being one of my favorite series --- Jim Butcher tends to be like that for me, the first book in any of his series can be pretty slow while he sets up the plot and world building, but from literally chapter 1 of book 2 onward this series is absolutely bangin. If you like fantasy & hero's journey type books I'd definitely recommend it, the magic system is simple but consistent and interesting and the characters are all likeable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Slavery

olityr's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism