Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

104 reviews

hlodknjiga's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual harassment

thebruce's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

maleee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Es un muy buen libro. No tiene ningún momento aburrido, y se lee super rápido. 

La trama es muy interesante y me recuerda un poco a "el principe cruel" por las intrigas políticas. Este primer libro no tiene romance pero igual disfrute las interacciones entre los protagonistas.

Tiene muchas TW así que les recomiendo revisarlas antes de leerlo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child abuse

arhu'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Kidnapping

If sa is something that could trigger you, skip some parts of this book. One of the main entertainment of Vere is some kind of “rape” with public (the aristocrats) but is fake. Although this is graphic but prepared, some pages might trigger some people. The torture is mentioned and, in some pages, you are going to read it, but it’s not as explicit as the sa.

ya_el31's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

souvenirstigmata's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

I decided to read a sample of this book because I thought the cover was cool and immeditatley got hooked. I waited for three months to borrow the book from the library and finished it in one night. Due to the content of the book, I am a little hesitant to tell people I've read it, but I can't deny I'm a little obsessed. 

There were points that got a little confusing and didn't make sense, but the plot and dynamic between Laurent and Damen is so interesting that it didn't bother me enough to hinder the experience. 

This book can be a hit or miss. I enjoyed it despite the dark themes that were present. I think it ultimately depends on how much you want to avoid specific topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

annarosalie's review against another edition

slow-paced

in that novel i didn't find anything what deserves at least one star

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

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

2.5

This reminded me of reading fanfic back in the real wild west days, in both the good and the bad ways. This is a real "dead dove do not eat" so look up the cws for sure. If you didn't understand that sentence then you should not read this book probably!

Aside from the often gratuitously horrific SA happening in this book, the political intrigue is really quite well done. The reader has enough info to generally figure things out ahead of the protagonist if they're paying attention. I'm hoping the next book has the shock value dialed back several notches and more of the good stuff, because I think there's potential here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

littlecosmos's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Captive Prince is an engaging page-turner with a plot that holds the attention. The main characters have palpable chemistry, and the writing style is captivating. Although I had several questions by the end of this book, I found the answers I'd been looking for in the following two books of this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

chris34's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence