Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

27 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

beraspa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

It is a difficult story to read since the plot revolves around sexual slavery and violence. The story is well written and leaves you wanting to know how it continues. Although with some skepticism about how this situation can turn into love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

lou702's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

This book has very explicit and heavy topics in it. I did not enjoy those part but they made the experience of the book different and made it worthwhile, since the characters are acting and reacting on those parts, which makes it bearable and better to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, and Blood

m4ximus_pr1m3's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

eelka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, and War

natnat_7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Slavery, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

nicetomitchya's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cursing and Drug abuse

giulia_rossi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Sexual harassment

brdiaz1123's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War