Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

442 reviews

ruichimi's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Physical abuse

settleforhalf's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not sure how I feel about this. The writing itself is fine, but the actual plot took forever to kick off and nothing much that wasn't deeply uncomfortable to read about happened up to that point. 

I'm honestly going to continue reading the series just to see what levels of sheer audacity we can ascend to before this extremely skewed power dynamic inevitably turns into a relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Slavery

starglitters's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and War

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This series is apparently quite notorious! And I can see why - it definitely doesn't ascribe to conventional and "appropriate" interpersonal and sexual dynamics. The worldbuilding is designed solely for horny reasons, which I love, and the plot is interesting enough to keep my attention, which I appreciate. I think that the Pascat's writing style is a bit underdeveloped, but it works fine enough for what this book aims to accomplish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, and War

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

staygoldkayla's review against another edition

dark tense

2.0

the way nothing happened in this book but sexual assault and walking around to rooms like dont pmo rn 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: War

babushka_aj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Pedophilia

the feelings don’t blossom in this part of the trilogy

arhu's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Kidnapping

If sa is something that could trigger you, skip some parts of this book. One of the main entertainment of Vere is some kind of “rape” with public (the aristocrats) but is fake. Although this is graphic but prepared, some pages might trigger some people. The torture is mentioned and, in some pages, you are going to read it, but it’s not as explicit as the sa.

ya_el31's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

souvenirstigmata's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I decided to read a sample of this book because I thought the cover was cool and immeditatley got hooked. I waited for three months to borrow the book from the library and finished it in one night. Due to the content of the book, I am a little hesitant to tell people I've read it, but I can't deny I'm a little obsessed. 

There were points that got a little confusing and didn't make sense, but the plot and dynamic between Laurent and Damen is so interesting that it didn't bother me enough to hinder the experience. 

This book can be a hit or miss. I enjoyed it despite the dark themes that were present. I think it ultimately depends on how much you want to avoid specific topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

witheringcarnelians's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Kidnapping