Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Le crépuscule et l'aube by Ken Follett

9 reviews

oberynmelonlord's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, and Classism

jaqxun's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

siniandi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved revisiting King's Bridge, learning about the origins of the town I already spent hours of my life reading about. The story is easy to follow and the three main characters' lives are interwoven in a very skilful way. I feel like I learned slightly less about the historical period and certainly less about architecture in this book than the last, but I still throughly enjoyed reading this book and think it is much improved from Follett's last installment of the Series (Column of Fire).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sirius_feanor's review against another edition

2.75

It was rather a captivating story. But the amount of rape and misogyny in it was almost off putting. I understand it was for "historical accuracy" or whatever, but still yikes. 

The sex scenes are one of the worst I've ever read! And most of them are told from a female point of view. They are so obviously written by a male it's just ridiculous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

vibrantautumn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the other books in this series, and this book was no exception, and no different. At all. The characters and plot were the same as in previous books. Nevertheless, I was hooked halfway through. I had hoped that this book wouldn’t feature women being raped, but of course that was there just like everything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

kylieqrada's review against another edition

emotional relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.5

3.5 ⭐s. Not the best way to start off 2022, but I'll take it. I've read both of Ken Follett's sweeping historical epic series, and while my heart belongs to the Century Trilogy, the Pillars of the Earth is a very strong story as well. I do think that this entry added something to the saga, and it was fascinating to dive even deeper into history, this time into the Dark Ages, and see the beginnings of Kingsbridge. These books are a quiet comfort reading experience for me, which is weird to say because of my main critique of this book. I think that all of the misogyny, sexual assault, rape, slavery, abuse, homophobia, etc., while perhaps historically accurate, did get a little overwhelming and even gratuitous. I don't love trauma for trauma's sake.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infertility and Grief

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Slow Paced detailed historical fiction. The first two parts of the book are gripping and filled with twist and turns. But later parts  felt rushed where the story lost its rhythm.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Torture

crystalmethany's review against another edition

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and Grief

more_books_than_days's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

There are several graphic depictions of women in this story as victims of extreme violence and sexual assault. By the end of the book I was emotionally exhausted by the toll of this constant oppression and powerlessness, which was developed into the fabric of the story from the very beginning. 

With a cast of characters who fell into predictable tropes, either good or evil with little in between, the plot also felt predictable, and very slow moving. I ended up skipping paragraphs and skim reading many pages rather than battling through sections of prose that did little to advance the story. This was a disappointment,
 because I very much enjoyed the Pillars of The Earth trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Grief