Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Halveksunnan aika by Andrzej Sapkowski

25 reviews

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Cursing and Pedophilia

kisahofswords13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I love the action…I get really tired of the long winded explanations. I will say I love the style of narration where the reader gets to read what happened instead of a narration of what happened. The last chapter gets quite dark. Felt like a pretty significant move. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

annick's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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

3.5

Reminds me of the nastier sides of ASOIAF. And the fighting descriptions are difficult to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

The time of contempt is the third installment of the Witcher series. My opinion of this series has been divided  from the start. There are some element to the books that I love but the writer is one of the most toxic writers out there. 

These books are filled with toxic masculinity and sexism. I decided to tap all toxic sentences that I could find. I ended up with 23 taps. It would have been more if I had included repeated remarks. Here are some of the sentences: 

• “On the chair sat a MIDGET with a huge head, set directly on disproportionately narrow shoulders”
• “Not really” said the CRIPPLE, smiling. 
• “And if you rape any woman, do it on the quiet. Out of sight.” 

The writer always finds a way to talk about breasts, nipples, whores, rape and it doesn’t even matter if the individual he describes is a child. He romanticized rape, makes a lot of fatphobic comments and he is insensitive towards handicapped people. These books are problematic and if you didn’t already make the mistake to buy them please refrain from doing so. The story isn’t good enough to make up for it.  

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

catriona99674's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

3.0

This is definitely my least favourite of the Witcher books so far. It felt like mostly exposition. The random POVs made the pacing odd and it ended in a very strange place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment