Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

42 reviews

mattyvreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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

4.5

First of all, this is the longest f*cking book that I have ever read. Was it good? I think so. Was it too long? I’d say so. What would I cut out? How the h*ll should I know? That’s for the producers at HBO to decide! That’s why they make the big bucks, hunny.

Thoroughly entertaining and well paced. For its genre, it succeeds on every level. There is political intrigue and deceit and betrayal and dragons and forbidden love and magic and nerdy sh*t like guys who say “methinks so, m’lord!”. It’s really firing on all cylinders.

I enjoyed it more than the show in many respects. There is an emotionality and tenderness to many scenes that is missing in the series because it’s “not exciting to see two brothers have a conversation about a big dog” or whatever. But it is exciting to me! And they should put that in there!

The thing that is tough is that these characters are literally children (aged up slightly in the show), and reading plot points about their physical relationships and sexuality was not fun. It’s not doing what it thinks it’s doing…

Overall, the goods far outweigh the bads. I mostly really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Minor: Fatphobia

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Misogyny, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Classism, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Gore, Kidnapping, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Drug use, Slavery, Rape, Misogyny, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Xenophobia, Abortion, Vomit, Police brutality, Cannibalism, and War

aliciafroy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Slavery

akane_shio's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Grief, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Rape, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Homophobia

Minor: Kidnapping

zeppelinnyx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

3.93

Quality of Writing: 8/10
Pacing: 9/10
Plot Development: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Enjoyability: 3/10
Ease of Reading: 7/10
Ending: 8/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, War, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Alcohol, Classism, Fatphobia, Grief, Torture, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Incest, Rape, and Sexism

roznn's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, and Rape

trafalgar_law's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Genocide, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Grief, War, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

mrsmishler's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Incest, and Death

Moderate: Ableism

mal8181's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Pregnancy, Violence, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

jeffayerswrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, War, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Child death, Classism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape