Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

5 reviews

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

This reminded me of reading fanfic back in the real wild west days, in both the good and the bad ways. This is a real "dead dove do not eat" so look up the cws for sure. If you didn't understand that sentence then you should not read this book probably!

Aside from the often gratuitously horrific SA happening in this book, the political intrigue is really quite well done. The reader has enough info to generally figure things out ahead of the protagonist if they're paying attention. I'm hoping the next book has the shock value dialed back several notches and more of the good stuff, because I think there's potential here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

dahliaden's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcohol, and War

jody_08's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

kommatator's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

al_xn_a's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment