Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

15 reviews

daniber's review against another edition

Too graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Torture

savanname's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great intro into the world setting, characters, and the beginning of their state of emergency. As great as this book was, I was surprised to find it wasn't the best of the series as kept reading the rest. So character development starts here, but continues through the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual content and Slavery

schluschli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexism, Vomit, and Kidnapping

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: Torture and Rape

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

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

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

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

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: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

crochetasdmamareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Furies of Calderon is the first book in the Codex Alera series. It is wonderfully written and definitely keeps the readers attention. 

I love that the story is told from the different characters perspectives and every few chapters you get to jump to a different character. Yes there are some things that are predictable in the book but there are some MAJOR things that make you go “wait what!?!” 

Jim Butcher has a wonderful way of creating a world and truly giving you so many details without overwhelming you with the details. The main characters are lovable even the antagonists have some redeeming qualities. If you enjoy Larry Correia this would be a good book to try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Gore, 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

Spoiler

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

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

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

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

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