Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

9 reviews

iforgotilivedhere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

My sibling is currently reading the ACOTAR series and that’s one of my least favorite series, so I thought that since they are going through that torture, I should read one of their least favorite books.
But surprisingly, I actually really enjoyed this book. Now, by no means is this book good. The term “mind rape” is used too much, there’s a lot of incest, and some very dumb things that happen in this book, but I absolutely loved the main character, Kihrin, especially his angst with Teraeth. I don’t much care about Janel, but I will read her book shortly so, I can’t have much of an opinion on her yet. 
My main problem with this book was how often rape is used. I did like that we didn’t just let Talon go on what she did to Kihrin. There were actual parts where we saw that Kihrin did feel grief and pain from the traumas that the D’Mons put him through and I liked that! I would like some more queer rep tho, but I know there’s gonna be more. 
I absolutely love Thurvishar. That man is amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

gummiefox's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

this book is complicated, but i loved it! one of the few that i feel the need to go back and reread immediately after finishing it. i'll definitely have to reread it before i start the next in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

mysimas's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

If the lines ‘Luke, I am your father.’ and ‘You’re a wizard, Harry.’ ever banged and had a child, it would be this book. 90% of the plot and twists are revelations of this kind except with little to no build up, it’s honestly so over the top it could be satire.

Another thing that irked me was the total absence of mystery. Everything was revealed straight away. Oh, so this person actually isn’t this guy’s mom? Huh, who could the real mom be — oh, the author tells us on the next page, okay. Ohh, and this person might actually be someone completely different? I wonder who — oh okay, I see. And so on and so forth.

Awarding stars for some good scenes (loved the kraken fight) and also the strange and addictive readability. I never like flashbacks… But here, literally 80% of the book was flashbacks (more if you count the asterisk notes), and for some reason it was ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent

szuum's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Gore and Sexual content

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

anapthine's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

I really didn't enjoy this book, especially due to its tone. It was so boring and had so much sexism. Women were essentially 'slaves' and were property of men. Most of the time I had no idea what was going on and none of the characters were that likeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

freya_amber's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and War

caseythereader's review against another edition

I realized I no longer had any idea who was who and how they were related to each other and that I no longer cared. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Incest

esuchyta's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.0

This is one that you need to stick with. The beginning is an overload of names, locations, magic entities, and such, but it all comes together pleasingly. The narration style is very effective, with chapter-alternating voices between two timelines of the same story. Thus, it evolves in a way that is nonlinear in time, playing a twisted connect the dots game with the obsessive reader. There are a ton of characters, numerous hidden agendas, and outright melee. On the minus, I'm not a huge fan of bringing people back from the dead -- it feels like a cheat, even if it is interwoven into the fabric of the built world. There's a good amount of humor along the way, but I would have a liked a little more in the way of interesting metaphors or analogies. All in all, I think there's plenty here for fantasy fans to eagerly devour, but for the fantasy-hesitant, it does fall into the "complicated trilogy" category.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia