Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Kungarnas krig by Louise Thulin, George R.R. Martin

78 reviews

batmayne_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

the 2nd book in the series 
definitely a lot slower and more about war plans and fighting
with king robert and lord ned dead, the north and south has been split between multiple kings 
Daenerys fights for ships and the saftey of her clansmen against rich men and lords
theres so much to go into but if you watched the show first you wont be disappointed with extra information( so much talking!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

pottedplantlover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Je länger ich’s gelesen hab, desto besser wurde es. Wenn man sich die Zeit nimmt um richtig in die Welt abzutauchen ist es super!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Incest, Rape, and Excrement

spiralinghallways's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Murder, and War

mackenzie_anjeloe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? N/A

4.0

The King in the North

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Sexual violence, and Murder

raellio's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

arthurianbromance's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

stellarstar's review against another edition

It became overly bogged down in politics. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Murder

lqne's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Sexism, Slavery, and Pregnancy

bmccollum4's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I had to let this book sit for a couple weeks after I finished it. I won’t play the comparison game between it and the first book, but needless to say, this one kept me along for the ride. While one would expect the first book to be the true “set up” book, this one really felt like a lot more “setting up” to me. It felt more to me a book about

picking sides in the war before it started rather than the actual war. It was still a good book, I just feel like we haven’t moved forward much at all- only sideways. George R. R. Martin just keeps expanding on the scope of this series, and I am so excited for everything to finally click into place and cascade into an epic finale. I think I definitely favorited certain perspectives more than I did in the last book. I didn’t really enjoy Bran’s chapters much in book 1, but towards the end, his were probably my favorite. I have a similar sentiment for Jon. Inversely, I think I can say Daenerys had probably the worst piece of the pie this book. I’m ready for her to get across that damn sea already! I liked Tyrion in the first book, I really liked him in this book. I liked him so much, that if I could erase all of the disgusting war crimes they’ve committed/allowed to happen, I would honestly be rooting for the Lannister’s to sit the Iron Throne (not Joffrey though, kill him). I kinda liked Arya’s chapters. The Roose Bolton stuff really came out  of nowhere and made me so  mad. I’m just really hoping that one of these Stark kids can reunite with another. I was sorta confused with Arya didn’t just leave when she released the Winterfell men. I guess she thought she’d be safe, but ugh!I really enjoyed Theon’s chapters, and hope we see more of Asha. Davos as a character was boring to me, but his chapters were understandable to move the plot along. That ship battle is definitely a highlight of the book! I actually liked Sansa’s chapters in the first book, and I still think she provided some interesting perspective here. However, most of her chapters didn’t really go anywhere. Here’s to hoping for book 3. Catelyn’s chapters were fine. They felt kind of miscellaneous. She was a good one for giving us war updates. Big spoiler: Renly’s death definitely didn’t have as big of an effect on me as did Ned’s death. The whole magic thing was just kind of weird and confusing at that point- I was unsure if I had even read it right. Now Bran’s “death” was probably my favorite moment in the book. I figured he couldn’t have actually been dead, but I thought yk was very well done how he tricked us like that, even though it was kind of predictable. I don’t know. That’s my main thoughts. I’m just excited to get into this third book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest

suneaters's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Get shadow babied. A very entertaining, well-paced book that had me interested in each POV and not dreading or disinterested in any of them. I liked the new POVs, though you spend a lot of time feeling bad for them both honestly. Theon definitely gets more insufferable as the book goes on and whenever there's a woman involved. Very funny of Asha to do that to him, but she should have honestly made him leave with her.
Tyrion's chapters are kind of like watching a train crash. He reminds me of Stannis in the opposite. Neither can be courteous even though it would help them a lot, earn them less enemies, and probably save lives. Where is female socialization when you need it, I tell you! But wow, that shadow baby thing was so horrific and disgusting from the Davos POV, even though it's so brief. It was really disturbing.
Littlefinger must have been doing some wizardry to get that Tyrell marriage pact, but I suppose they probably felt like this was the winning side. Somehow I feel like they're doomed. Any side you think is winning is probably doomed. I expect that Stannis is the safest because he seems doomed anyhow. And he's got them shadow babies.
The Stark kid chapters are alright too. They're a relief because you know this kid hasn't committed any human rights violations yet. Bran's were probably the most interesting, but I liked hearing from Arya and Sansa as well. And it was funny watching Dany try her hardest to get that ship! And then Barristan with the funniest fake name ever shows. Arstan Whitebeard, that's good. She got robbed at the House of the Undying, where was all this about the secret dragon language? Also, I wonder if she went the right way because Pyat says the first door to your right, and in one she takes the rightmost door, which sounds like the farther right. Who knows, maybe the prophecy is all a crock anyhow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Suicide, Excrement, and Pregnancy