Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Night and Its Moon by Piper C.J.

13 reviews

plasticrocket's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

I genuinely enjoyed this, though it did take about 85 pages for me to feel truly invested. I'm very excited to read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape and Slavery

Children are routinely sold for profit from orphanages. One main character is sold to a brothel madam where she is put to work reluctantly. At one point, the madam allows a patron to have intercourse with the character while she is unable to give consent.

fedoratheexplora's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Murder

fairycakesfawn's review against another edition

No content warnings; was extremely triggering. Also: author poorly handled criticism; used racial stereotypes in effort at inclusion; claimed bisexual fantasy romance yet 1/3 of the book the characters are minors and no sign of bisexual content makes it feel like baiting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

sven47's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Pedophilia

kaylurzz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

The amount of times I almost DNF-ed this. I should have and saved myself some time lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

court_reads_it_all's review against another edition

The first red flag in the book is the constant description of Amaris' white skin as pure and beautiful, while Nox, the only POC character, is the only one to be whipped. Additionally, Amaris romanticizes life as a farmer or noble man's wife, while Nox tries to protect her friend during a traumatic event. The writing style attempts to mimic Tolkien or C.S. Lewis but falls short, resulting in the book dragging on with chapters dedicated to mundane tasks. Overall, the book is disappointing and only receives one star despite being a gift and on my to-be-read list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jescie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

iforgotilivedhere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I had fun with this. It’s not necessarily the most original fantasy book I’ve read but I still rather enjoyed it. I liked the characters for the most part. I see what Piper CJ is doing with this. SJM did the same with Throne of Glass which is start out slow and unoriginal and then EXPAND. I didn’t see the plot twist with Moirai coming and I didn’t see some of the other twists that Amaris had. I really want to see where this romance is gonna go because there’s so much potential! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

darcona's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

glowhoya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

accidentally stated w the sequel so i ran back to read this. absolutely worth it. I wouldn’t say the reading so much of the second book ruined the first one at all, but obviously going in order was a better experience. i’m sort of wary of fae books in general (haven’t read anything in the genre really) but this was a very satisfying fantasy read. kinda hard to review the first two books individually since it feels like one big book to me but the pacing was good, i liked the magic system and the monsters, we had a good mix of people in our main cast, the stakes were high but not too high, the reveals were good. if you’re looking for a good fae/fantasy entry point or just a good fantasy book in general, great choice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Trafficking