Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Assedio e Tempesta by Leigh Bardugo

53 reviews

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-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: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

dark emotional

4.0

Rating: 4 stars

So this was actually better than the first one? Idk why, I think the plot just worked better for me. Also, Nikolai lol.

Every is IN LOVE with Nikolai and I already knew he was Sturmhond because I've read Crooked Kingdom, and boy this kid is actually so cool I think I'm a Nikolai stan too?? Idk if i'd want him to end up with Alina, but I like him as a character.

Okay but WHY does everyone ship Alina with the Darkling? The Darkling is so toxic and just...no. Alina is genuinely scared of him and why do people ship them?? unless something crazy happens in the last book ig?? Idk this series has strong phantom vibes in the sense of ships?? Like no one likes Raoul/Mal but imo they’re better than the toxic guys everyone stans for some reason?? Idk but I refuse to be a darkling stan lol I didn’t really like mal but I mean idk I don’t ship Alina with Nikolai either

Mostly I read this bc of the tv show but...i'm actually looking forward to reading the next book?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and War

tanisha_112's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

faitherslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

tiramisuandpasta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

Nikolai Lantsov is the Aelin of the Grishaverse and I stand by that. He‘s also just abnormally hot and I‘d totally be invested in his friendship with Alina. Mal needs to get his shit together. Alina better learns how to properly communicate. She‘s a baddie and I love her tho. If the next book doesn’t have a happy ending, I will cry and refuse to pick up Six of Crows. Also, I really hope Alina gets her power back.

Leigh Bardugo, you’re a master of words (and fantasy).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Genocide, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Big Gale energy from Mal in this one. Not a fan…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

earth2kiki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

what the f#%*ck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

bettysbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I finally finished it !! I'm going to be honest this book was sooo slow like things definitely happened, but also nothing happened at the same time? It bored me to no end and the moments that I did enjoy/found interesting was when it had to deal with Nikolai or The Darkling. (fuck him for what he did to Genya tho) Anyway I hope that the next book in the series is way better than this was

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Torture

the darkling basically sa's alina, mentions of genyas r wording in her short story, and brief mentions of genyas mutilation

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Alcohol, and War