Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

47 reviews

allyreadsstuff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Classism, Trafficking, Sexism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Confinement

Minor: Vomit

payneamorgan's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

rsb12's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Classism, Homophobia, Murder, Death, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent, Infertility, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Despite some of the dark content, I found the writing style easy to get through.

I enjoyed the moments that Lei founds strength in love and friendship. 

In spite of only getting a little glimpse of Lei’s family in the herb shop at the beginning, their bond and the coziness of Lei’s home came across well. 

I liked the cultures that the author set up. The world-building was fascinating. Not every character feels the same way about the situation as our main character does, so it makes them feel all the more realistic. 

The romance was cute! 

Sex work and same sex couples are stigmatized by some characters in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, War, Homophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

morganraine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Police brutality

runes_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Kidnapping, Animal death, Trafficking, War, Murder, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

Moderate: Outing, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Mental illness, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit

qgg's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

In this world there are 3 castes. The highest caste is mostly animal form with a few human characteristics and the lowest caste is all human. The main character is a human taken from her father and small village to become one of the evil king’s concubines for a year. She has to learn the graces of the court as well as endure the brutality of the king. I liked the slow burn forbidden sapphic romance and the the cultural references that the author tucked into the fantasy world. This book still didn’t draw me fully into the story. I felt like an observer at all times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual violence

cdoubet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

madimomreads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, and Confinement

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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

3.25

The plot was alright but gahdamn can Ngan write a romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Classism, Medical trauma, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Slavery, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, War, Bullying, Gore, Outing, Sexual content, and Trafficking