Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Kushiel, T1 : La Marque by Jacqueline Carey

10 reviews

renardthefox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

willow1113's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, and Medical trauma

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

keishbby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, and War

jonezzzing's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Pregnancy

bkmckown's review against another edition

2.0

This book was recommended to me by MANY people. It’s was such a slog to finish. Over 1,000 pages and I would’ve quit if I hadn’t needed it for many of my reading challenges. I’ll start with the positive:

The overall story was fairly interesting. The sexy parts were indeed spicy. That’s about it. 

Now for the stuff I did NOT like:

 Let me preface this to say that I don’t like fantasy that much. Especially the ones who refer to characters in full name, the ones that have names that are difficult to pronounce, the ones that have exotic names for every group of people, location, position, etc

The main character is basically a child who is taught in the erotic arts. HUGE WTF! She’s a sex slave. Her first “master” just enjoys inflicting pain- which part of her “curse” makes it pleasurable to her. I felt like it wasn’t BDSM, but just abuse. Maybe there was a time in my life where I’d find this read enjoyable, but this isn’t it. 

I did give it 2 stars because the author did create and intricate cast of characters and story, but honestly, I would’ve DNF at any other time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cultural appropriation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ambientdusk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Slavery

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Classism

btrz7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death

anigoose's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Toxic relationship