Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

6 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Rape, Child abuse, Grief, Incest, Suicide, War, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Infidelity

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racism, and Confinement

torgotorgo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

Minor: War, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Gore, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Violence

maidofbees's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

I read this one mainly because of how inspirational it has been for a lot of fantasy writers. Overall it had some good, funny moments, but was very of it's time - several instances of WWII era casual racism/sexism.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Racism and Sexism

allie_schick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

Minor: Racism

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I read this a long time ago and forgot that the asides by the narrator are randomly sexist in a way that doesn’t contribute to the narrative and unpleasantly distracts from the main story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Ableism, and Animal death

Minor: Racism

atlascore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

4.5

 

“In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat. It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. It was practically the same as the steel helmet which soldiers still wear, and it did not make a good mirror, but it was the best he could get. He turned the hat in various directions, hoping to get an average idea of his face from the different distoritons which the bulges made. He was trying to find out what he was, and he was afraid of what he would find.

The boy thought that there was something wrong with him. All through his life--even when he was a great man with the world at his feet--he was to feel this gap: something at the bottom of his heart of which he was aware, and ashamed, but which he did not understand. There is no need for us to try to understand it. We do not have to dabble in a place which he preferred to keep secret.”

this book fucked me UP. 4 stars for yearning queer Lancelot & his trauma, .5 stars for being an engaging retelling of the Arthur mythos + having fascinating commentary on mythmaking and history and so on. #priorities

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Self harm

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Racism