Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

142 reviews

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Was this book still confusing: yes. Was this book even more traumatic: yes. Were some of the plot points a stretch: yes.
Do I think this was the best in the trilogy: one hundred percent yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

I did enjoy this book more than book 1, however, it was brutal and triggering. Much more violent and horrifying than book 1. I was also just feeling awful for the characters, especially Andrew. The writing felt more improved and tighter than the first book, and the characters more involved.

Still, the same issues from book 1 persist, and the resolution and some of the conversations were again triggering as Hell. Especially post Andrew's trauma reveal. The first half of the book and some toward the last third were great. The plot is still ridiculous and of course you have to really suspend your disbelief with this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit and Fire/Fire injury

sophia_pearl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

andmingmingtoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Can I, in good conscience, recommend this book to a normal person? Probably not
Has the "you know, I get it" speech irrevocably rewired my brain chemistry? Absolutely

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Outing

mkw1lson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Look - these books are absolutely soap operas, but I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean that in the best way, which is that the plot and the characters are unhinged and addicting. Just embrace the ridiculousness and move on - it'll be worth it. Like the first book, there are issues with the book structurally - the pacing is a bit off and there's quite a bit left unexplained that maybe could have used more details (ie. wtf is Andrew medicated for and why exactly is everyone like - yeah, just go into withdrawal to play goalie). However, I think that the rest of the book makes up for that.

The games are exciting, Neil is coming into his own and accepting that he wants to be with the Foxes, that this life is something he wants and will fight for, for as long as he can. We get to know the team much better than we did in the first book, we get to know more about the enemies in the Raven's, Riko, and the Moriyama's. We also learn much more about Andrew and see how his relationship with Neil slowly grows

to the point that Andrew actually trusts Neil and Neil happily hands himself over to Riko to protect Andrew.

We also get much more Kevin and the dynamic between Neil and Kevin, and their shared past. The book doesn't exactly end on a cliffhanger, but enough of one that I was starting the third book immediately after finishing this one.

Like the last book, heed the warnings - there are a lot of heavy topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

jennybugg's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

witheringcarnelians's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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? Yes

5.0

This is why reading foxhole was worth it holy hell. Foxhole is good but mostly building blocks that fall into place to leave me sobbing at 2 am.
Heed tw for this one and I am screaming 

5 stars for the found family and aggressive c!Tommy vibes Neal brings to the table lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

m4ximus_pr1m3's review against another edition

dark funny sad 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: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Medical trauma

destroyyaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

Oh my god what a continuation of the first book. This book continues and delves deeper into character back stories but be prepared to be sad because this isn’t a happy story.

Can’t wait to read book 3!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

restlessparadise's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry