Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist

5 reviews

thenageler's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Car accident

beardybot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Starting as many such stories do, with a loving family moving into a grand house and spiralling into otherworldly madness, Faerie Tale is in many ways a fairly standard Fae horror. Its more fantastical elements cover similar ground to American Gods or Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, without any of the flair of Gaiman or Clarke's later magnum opera. And its more mundane elements are, well, mundane.

I did nearly drop it near the climax, when a child did some decidedly unchildlike things, but past that point is blessedly the best of the book, and enough to rescue an otherwise dull read from the one-star treatment. Feist is one of my very favourite authors, so I'm glad for that!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A really well-done hidden gem of dark fantasy. Perfect for starting off October! Raymond Feist understood the nature of classic folklore fae very well; women, not so much all the time. But the book is still surprisingly high quality for 1980s fantasy/horror! Strong 8/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Murder, Colonisation, and War

kvran's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Not one of Feist's best works to be honest, the story dragged a bit and not as cohesive as his other fantasies. My copy (published a few decades ago) did not contain a content warning for the graphic

sexual violence

either.

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence