Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

La Voix du passé by Patricia Briggs

4 reviews

nikki_silk's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Panic attacks/disorders

vexbatch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A little slow to start, but once the plot picks up, I had a hard time putting it down. Love the way Briggs handles magic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Dementia, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

zogg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Torture

craftyhilary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I fear this may be the end of my Patricia Briggs phase. The last several books (both about Mercy and about Anna and Charles) have been progressively weaker. The plots are sluggish and the prose is flabby. I have a long history with these characters, but they seem to become less well-defined with each story. This one in particular bothered me, because

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it felt like a cheap and not very believable strategy to make Anna’s prior abuse a major plot point yet again. To then add on a whole rape/forced impregnation plot line was exceptionally gross. Oh, and a child trafficking plot line, which I completely forgot about till after I read other people’s content warnings.

. The other big issue for me was Leah. She has been presented as such a cold, unreadable, and irredeemably crummy person for the entire series, so I was not in any way prepared to view her sympathetically. That took a lot of the bite out of the book (not intended as a werewolf pun). I apparently completely forgot

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that something bad happened with Sage and now she’s dead

. I’m still not sure why that was brought up, though, since it wasn’t essential to the plot. I’m sad, because I’ve loved this universe and I’ll miss these characters, but they are just no longer who they once were, and maybe it’s time for me to let them go. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Rape