Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Barbarian's Prize by Ruby Dixon

9 reviews

badgerceereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

I enjoyed the book. Had some emotional feelings towards it all and all would recommend and now I must hunt down the story about Josie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing fast-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this installment! I just really appreciated that there was some heavier topics talked about. I thought it was handled well. I really appreciated how patient and caring the male lead was. I enjoyed reading about Tiffany and her trying to overcome her trauma. This is probably in my top three in this series so far, which I’m thankful because I didn’t love the one before this as much. I am interested in the next one about Josie and then figuring out where this series is going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

mbasford's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy

pbella3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and War

b_png's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.0

This book was a Christmas gift and was way out of my comfort zone. I rarely read books out of order in a series, and I could tell by the writing that the author was very entrenched in her world building and some things that she may have spent time explaining in previous books in the series were just left up to common understanding of people who have been following the series--but I do believe that if you are a follower of this series, the world building and character traits would have been natural for you to understand. The two main characters were likable and had quirks that made them entertaining to read about, however, the structure of the plot devices (the vivid flashbacks to the female MC's s*x trauma directly after intimate scenes with the male MC, the interesting use of the word "titillating", and the constant negative self-talk that the MC worked herself away from) were not to my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Grief

jadedreader13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

jessicalarson125's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Grief, and Death of parent

shannnne_reads_words's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

kbairbooks's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.25

I always start my reviews with ‘I really enjoyed this!’ But it’s just honest lol. Reading about her past sexual abuse was difficult and the resulting ptsd but I love how gentle her mate was to her and I love how their love story progressed and I loved this HEA so much and also the couple of Josie POVs setting up for the next book 😃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail