Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

50 reviews

lauwbinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

luxxxio'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Murder, and War

nuala8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

simply_jxde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

This was a fantastic conclusion to the story of Damen and Laurent. The politics and romance was enjoyable to read.

During the sex scenes however, I found it weird when modern sex terms were used. Overall they felt pretty well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Murder

argentum_princeps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Slavery

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Gaslighting

h3y_j4de's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

Can't believe this is my third time reading this i need to add more books to my library lol. Each time i come out of it wishing for so much more. the writing is underwhelming and the plot is... mediocre. its very much a case of "telling, not showing" whats happening - i find it frustrating that Damen does all the thinking for the reader, and yet is unable to piece together the last plot twist of the story despite real obvious clues. I can't help but wish that there was more fleshing out of the world and the characters and the main character's history- even a couple of flashbacks could have done wonders - everything is told point blank to the reader and it just made me not care about any of the other characters. Damen feels so hurt everytime he looks at Jokaste but i can't even begin to relate because we are barely even introduced to her, never shown her positive features that appealed to him in the first place. I found myself starting to skip paragraphs of pointless set up and easy execution, everything feels so easy and unearned for the main characters - there was never any real tension and if there was it was for a page, and then it was business as usual. The only thing I really found that I liked from this series was Laurent's dialogue and exchange with Damen because it could be sharp and witty and layered with subtext. There are way more issues i have with the series honestly but i'll just leave it at that. This is a callout to myself, find better books to read please!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

aksvess's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Grief, and Death of parent

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest, Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy

pinglee's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

Minor: Incest

cm02's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest