Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Casa de Tierra y Sangre by Sarah J. Maas

7 reviews

kaattie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I feel like I’m cheating on Silver Flames because I don’t know if I like this one better.

I love them equally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tanya_1992's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.75

It's slow to start but it does pick up after the fire 100 pages. There is a lot of info dumping in some sections but it isn't the worst that I've read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

ninamitsuki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War

christas_catalog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

e_lace's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I think I would have given this book 5 stars if Sarah J. Maas hadn't used the word "alphahole" so many times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Genocide, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

mfsquared's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I came to this book after finishing the ACOTAR series, so I'll open by saying it was somewhat jarring to go from there to here given how different the worlds are; that being said, it didn't take long for this world to completely reel me in! The similarities/analogs with certain powers and characters in ACOTAR was a little distracting at times, but I came to really enjoy this book and its characters for themselves. The tone to me felt very gritty, fantasy crime/mystery-novel, which was fun and different (and also very dark). The twists and turns were really well executed and kept me guessing, and I loved the care paid to the power of love in relationships that are *not* romantic. Those were the ones that really got to me here, especially between Bryce and Danika, Bryce and Ruhn, and Bryce and Lehabah. As usual, there were far too many "golden-skinned" characters and mainly white MCs, which seems to be a real weakness of Maas's books, as is her LGBTQ rep, although there was some in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking