Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

11 reviews

bookynerd's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.25

Listen. This book is a political masterpiece. I loved every second of it. I only marked it down because there were a lot of terms that were made for this book and not real words that never received a definition. I had to pull apart from context what they are and for some of them it took a while. 

I loved the main characters and anguished when they anguished, rejoiced when they rejoiced. The ending was exactly what I expected and I loved every second of it. I felt so much reading this book. It is worth every page of the 900 pages.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

savvypotions's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Slavery, Violence, and War

Minor: Xenophobia and Antisemitism

bkmckown's review

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

lanid's review

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

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

zone_a3's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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

5.0

This book is a political intrigue, erotica, epic fantasy.  In that order.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment

strawberrypinch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Alcohol, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

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, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death

meganphilippa's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Rape

soupydouper's review against another edition

didn’t like the writing cadence, themes in the book didn’t agree with me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

hrtlss_grl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Self harm