Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake

24 reviews

ewindtberg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. The gothic romance style in which it was written (with a beauty and the beast/phantom of the opera feel), the spice was on point, even when the MCs made dumb decisions sometimes you still connected with them and felt for them, and there were twists and turns that I didn’t expect (and some that I did). All in all this was a great read and I liked it so much I made my bookclub read it for October lol also, the way it ends leaves it open to a possible second book with I hope the author strongly considers as some things were left as lose ends. I would LOVE for this to be a duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

aklovekorn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

jolie13's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cassattack's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

jlaz_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Stalking, Car accident, and War

zookeepermel's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

2.25

The story was different and interesting. But a little too dark for me to want to read it again or recommend it. I appreciated the twists 

Trigger warnings should have been stated at the beginning of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

sam019's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

Didn't love the writing, never clicked for whatever reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

ploomerika's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

delvie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

This book was everything I wanted wrapped up in everything I didn't want for the price of free (kindle unlimited). The whole book is a trigger warning, just a heads up. In my case, absolutely worth it: I couldn't put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol