Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

39 reviews

christy15reads's review

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Finished this book this morning from the Lunar Chronicles series . It tells why Queen Levana is as wicked as she is and confirms that I don't like her at all. And while Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress are suitable for the 14+ crowd, with a kiss here or there, I think this one is for someone older because of all the promiscuity in it!  It was rather disappointing if you ask me because my teen daughter was reading these books along with me. Now I'm just hoping that Winter is not as inappropriate and she can finish the series with me because we both enjoyed the first 3 books but I can't pass this one along to her - I'll have to just fill her in on the queen's history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infertility, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Torture, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Stalking, and Rape

good_names_dont_exist's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Rape, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Classism, Colonisation, and Infertility

bean_7088's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

Whoops what a doozy! Murderous queen backstory makes her worse!

Like, part of it is sad, like spoiled kids growing up sheltered in the nasty circles they do makes for horrible people and children.. but she had chances to be a better person. 

I still loved the writing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Rape, Death, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Basically the evil queen has been abused and then she abuses, manipulates, forces her husband into sleeping with her.

kenna13's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I do kind of pity Levana, but not in the “oh she deserved better” way,

Spoiler

more in the “oh you made some stupid decisions” way. And that ending was so sad. Justice for Evret Hayle

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Infertility

cherryren's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Sexual harassment, Death, and Sexual assault

prashiie's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

"She did not want to go down in history as the fairest queen this little moon had ever known. She wanted to be known through history as the fairest queen of the galaxy. As the ruler who united Luna and Earth under one monarchy."

Queen Levana’s origin story. Levana is smart and cares about Luna, unlike her sister who got crowned queen after their parents’ death. But even though her heart is in the right place, her way of achieving things is wrong. But she didn’t have good role models in her life. Her parents’ marriage wasn’t a good example of love and her relationship with her sister was toxic. Her sister, Queen Channary, was very manipulative and such a bully to her. It made me wonder how things would have turned out if only her sister was nice to her.

The choices that Queen Levana makes were so frustrating! There were so many moments where she could have chosen a different path but that wouldn’t have made sense. She believes that she has to make these choices for Luna to thrive. She is convinced that only she could be a great queen and that she deserves to rule over the galaxy. Just like Icarus, she is getting too close to the sun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Child death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, War, Blood, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Infertility, and Death of parent

csmall73's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Xenophobia, Racism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

psliz's review

dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

i hate elara with a burning passion and reading her backstory (which was really interesting and heartbreaking) makes me hate her more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

tuuliareads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

While villain backstories can be good, this was okay at best. Yes it tells the story of Levana and her decisions and development towards evil (cray cray if you ask me) leading up to the events of the Lunar Chronicles. Mostly though, being in Levana's POV was very extremely uncomfortable. All the manipulation and cruel and obsessive thoughts. Interesting addition to the series, but imo you don't miss much by skipping this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, and Dysphoria

Minor: Abandonment