Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

17 reviews

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

I've had this book for a year now and for some reason kept putting it off. Which was my loss because this is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's just fast-paced and interesting and compelling and the characters and their motivations are so well done. It is a book about war, and one that looks at colonization and violence from caste system. If you're not in the mood for a lot of fight scenes, it's not for you. But if you're good with that it's fabulous. 

If you liked R.F. Kuang's Poppy War series, you'll probably love this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

vldinh's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

noraa's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

marinakonrad's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

It's action-packed fantasy in a new, fresh setting inspired by African mythology. Sadly, the main character is unlikeable, behaves like an idiot, and doesn't learn throughout the book. His "I'm gonna train day and night and become the very best" ethos is not only unrealistic, it's not actually the best way to become stronger. Rest days are a thing!

The side characters are occasionally interesting, but since we're trapped in the mindset of the protagonist, the shittiest teenager in the multiverse, they don't save the book.

All in all, technically proficient but emotionally offputting. Also, dragons are not in the book enough to justify naming the book after them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book starts off really rough, but it does get way better. Just bare with it through the first 3 chapters.
This is a revenge story, and don't expect it to be anything but that. Personally, I was a little disappointed that other elements of the world weren't explored more. This book hints at a lot of interesting possible stories and then just sticks with Tau and his single track.
Tau is my other issue with this story. I think he's well written, and he's not intrinsically unlikable, but all of the characters around him are just so much more interesting than he is. I want to here Zuri's training or Kellen's struggles. Tau's just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

nightwing's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape