Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

76 reviews

pitchblackkoi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

mmmmirrose's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully written book. Caught me in the first 30 pages. Really well done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

4.5

Sometimes too descriptive but this was mostly only in the beginning to set the background, introduce everyone, etc. That made it hard to get into the story but finally around 65 pages I was intrigued!

Who is this stranger? What does he want with Vasya? I was hooked and didn’t want to put the book down! I loved the folklore and “spirits” throughout the story. It was very atmospheric and tense! The characters were confusing at first and it would’ve helped to have a guide to everyone’s names and their nicknames to keep track. I got used to it after awhile luckily!

Overall an exciting and interesting tale 😍 I can’t wait to continue the series and see what happens with the characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, and Religious bigotry

bookycnidaria's review

dark emotional funny inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

chloebaboey's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty

moonneedstoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence and Grief

seekerxr's review

there's an uncomfortable amount of child abuse in this book, for me. i know different people can handle different things but the amount I've already seen, 46% in, is just too much combined with all the rest of the sexism and religious bigotry and assault. i don't doubt the rest of the book will just be more of the same and i just don't want to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

pnonikki's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

beanaroni's review against another edition

This was not really picking up for me and I particularly wasn't enjoying

how frequently I had to read about Pyotr raping Anna.

I'm going to try one of Arden's other books later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

The main character's father marries a teenage girl and repeatedly "goes to her bed" (aka, rapes her) for, and I quote, "marital duty." The last instance I read before DNFing describes her as literally weeping and he doesn't appear to have a reaction to it at all.