Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

9 reviews

krumanda's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement

leadabird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

eelizard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bea_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

happysami's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence

kaitzeecee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

wyntonrude17's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-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? No

4.25

I don't usually make it through 450+ page books in under a month so this one kept the pages turning for me. Fantastic storytelling in this magical story. I was sorta a sucker for the love triangle that emerges, even though that could count as a cliche.

I was a bit confused about why the emperor ultimately honored his side of the bargain after being outwitted by Xingyin. He seemed pretty pissed by the whole situation, and even seemed like he would kill his son with his rage, but then he seemed to flip once the military leader backed her up.

Definitely would recommend this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and War

meresand's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

I wanted to love this book so bad but it just never quite went all the way for me. The writing style felt young, probably because of the first person narrative. Then the whole middle of the book was focused on a love triangle I had little interest in. Aside from her relationship with Liwei I felt the relationships between characters to be underdeveloped.
Plus there was a wholly unnecessary sexual assault attempt that came out of nowhere that I really didn't appreciate. 
All this being said, I was so excited for the concepts of this book and the world the author began to build, but those points were burried in cliche love triangles and common tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent