Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen

5 reviews

saramarinho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Physical abuse

aniwisniewski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Classism, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Torture, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Cursing, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Incest

maira_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

The thing I loved about The Bridge Kingdom and The Traitor Queen was the balance between the plot and the romance. I felt like The Inadequate Heir focused a bit more on the romance than I would have liked that the plot felt kind of... flat. While reading, I found myself constantly getting distracted. I wasn't properly invested in the characters or the plot.

Zarrah and Keris were pretty average, to be honest. Zarrah was described as a well known warrior/ general but not much of her skills was being displayed. Same with Keris, he was said to be really clever but not much of his wit was being showcased. Their relationship was not really believable nor memorable, to me. They were constantly mentioning their desire for each other to the point that it felt more like lust rather than love– not that there's anything wrong with lust but I would have preferred more of an emotional connection first. (There was a spicy scene that took place through a window and I was a bit put off by it, to be honest.) 

The plot at least was enjoyable to read about, mostly because this book took place right at the end of The Bridge Kingdom and spanned throughout the timeline of The Traitor Queen. Seeing glimpses of Aren and Lara was super fun. They stole the show even when they were not the main characters. Other than that, since we already knew what happened, I wasn't really surprised or shocked by certain revelations.

I was contemplating whether to continue on with the series but the last 3 chapters of the book was pretty interesting, so I guess l'll give the next one a chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

mandilion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Classism, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

sami_leigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide