Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

46 reviews

blubonby's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.75

this book has all the same issues as tbe first book, along with most of the story being told in info dumps. I still hate the treatment of Andrews' character, and the handling of Nickys' sexuality. Also I truly thing the author should've done at least a bloody google search about what psychosis is, because clearly she has no idea what it means considering how wrongly she uses the word. 
I did enjoy the story a bit more than the first book but I still can't bring myself to rate it anything over a 2. Why the hell I'm rereading this is truly a mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Self harm, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

hey_itsme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

This book left my brain in a puddle I just hear a loud screeching noise and feel like sobbing

Andrew Minyard !!! - thats it thats the whole review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Self harm

itsapaxycab's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Rape, Homophobia, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

fragoline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry

despina_pngrk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Drug use

Minor: Self harm and Torture

giou's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Pedophilia, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Vomit

amelierawr's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

oh my god.

Honestly didn't expect such a good sequel to the first book, which was too unorganized. Im still not the biggest fan of the writing, but it's decent. The book solved a lot of issues I had at first, especially regarding the characters. You could definitely feel that the author invested way more time into the sequel.
The dynamic is even better now, after we finally got some reasonable explanation on why some of them act the way they do. But I wished that the mc would've gone at least once to the psychiatrist like the other characters did, because those were my favorite interactions.

The coach Wymack definitely is my favorite character and the scene at the end broke my heart.

 

Spoiler

Neil, Wymack called him, even when he looked like this, even with his father's face and his father's eyes and the Moriyamas' number on his face. Neil, Wymack called him, and more than anything Neil wanted it to be true. 
He stopped fighting to get free; the hands that had been trying to wrench Wymack's arms off him now held on for dear life. "Help me," he said through gritted teeth. "Let me," Wymack shot back, so Neil closed his eyes.

 

 He was their family. They were his. They were worth every cut and bruise and scream. 

All in all it was way more devastating than the first book that I had to put it down twice, just to organize my thoughts and stare into my wall for 10min. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Drug use, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Body horror, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

annabelle's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Murder, Violence, Homophobia, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Torture

bookskassadie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

As a fierce man-hating lesbian, I go into any and all books already counting the flaws of the male characters to see if they are worth the time the author spends curating them. In The Raven King, my count came back astronomically high. Every single man- NO, every single character (save Renee) has their flaws and their issues but none of them more prevalent than fucking Riko Moriyama. The storyline for this book carried out beautifully and I loved watching the transitions between characters as they grew closer through Neil’s inevitable force shut down. However, the characters drove me wild and I would ring their necks if they were real people and I didn’t think they would be able to k!ll me. Like my last review, or rant if you will, I recommend this book but please read the trigger warnings first! There is a larger than necessary amount of problematic shit that goes down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Cursing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Grief, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide

kyy35's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

These books are literally so incredibly awful.. but they are unfortunately my comfort series. The trigger warnings list is super long and there’s tons of problematic content in these books, also it’s poorly written and doesn’t make much since at the end of the day- my conclusion: I love these books but i would never recommend them to someone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Religious bigotry