Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

160 reviews

mallotha's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Gore

sweet_bananna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

honestly surprised at how much i like this story! if you’re a fan of “The Cruel Prince” you would absolutely enjoy this. I would say more than anything this is a definitely a story about love and that could mean a lot of different things in this story but i think it’s the most underrated part about it that regardless of the fantasy and the creative action and the tenseness and the plot twists and the characters and the world-building that i absolutely loved, I really enjoyed the theme of love and its complications which is a running motif in this book that you also see happening  more between the lines, but Oraya really come to understand the complexity of love and what it really means in the middle of such an intense story. i feel like i truly understand who she is and understand her inner monologue.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

felixthesmexyfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is five stars all around board.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Cursing

gingerbooknerd3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Murder, Rape, Grief, Death, War, Cursing, Blood, and Death of parent

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, War, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Body horror

Moderate: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Medical content, Torture, Rape, Xenophobia, and Infidelity

kristie_06's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.75

I loved this book! Loved the writing, the pacing, the characters, and the world building. And although i liked the ending and it made sense with where the book was going, it felt a little rushed and confusing. I was going to rate it 4 stars but there were so many loose ends left that it dropped the rating to 3.75. I still throughly enjoyed this book though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual content, Violence, and Death

Minor: Self harm, Rape, Slavery, and Torture

atlantan_hfcourt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

24 votes (1 dnf vote from comment section) 
Averaged to 3.45

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

jamby4546's review against another edition

Cringe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mleisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The general idea is cool but it is not a well-written book. It started out weak with a lot of lore dumping but I was told it’d get better toward the end. It unfortunately did not. In fact, I’d argue it got worse. The book reads as if the author was figuring out what would happen as she wrote and did not check whatever she’s written before. Plot points appear exactly when they are convenient without any prior mentioning or foreshadowing, just to move the plot along. You don’t really get to see the main character earn her victories, they just fall into her lap because she is better than everyone else or lucky in that moment (again, convenient plot points). The characters are unlikeable and side characters just act as tools to move the plot along. The dialogues are weak and characters fail to respond to urgency in a logical way. The final plot twists in the end were half predictable and half ridiculous because it's another convenient plot point that was just never mentioned as a concept before.

I think this book is just a long build-up to the smut and the eventual forced proximity romance thing. If you’re looking for a well-written coherent adventure, this is not it. It also just barely resembles the Hunger Games. All they have in common is the concept of a game with one winner. Oraya is not thrown into a sudden environment where death is around every corner.

In fact, she lives in a luxury apartment, and the trials happen in 3 week intervals.

Most of the story takes place between the trials.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Blood

Moderate: Rape

dianaofavalon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape