Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

64 reviews

still_rivers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death

uhm_kai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Torture, Suicide, Fatphobia, Classism, Abortion, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Excrement

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

a very strong start to an epic fantasy series. martin weaved multiple pov's, separate plotlines, and a staggering cast of characters with ease. his prose is descriptive without being overindulgent. his handling of the dothraki, and how so many women dies in childbirth is :/ his cishet white man shenanigans aside, i loved this book. even at several hundred pages (what the fuck george) heed all content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

sailorpulsar's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, War, Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Infertility

trinidad_gondi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Death of parent, Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

wikawrites's review against another edition

2.5

The book was good, the plot intriguing but the way Martin writes women and children is disgusting. There were many scenes that were hard to read: like all the chapters with Daenerys' "sex" scenes. She's 13. It's rape, yet it's not treated as such.

There are already issues with the show about how women are portrayed, but after just the first book, I can already tell I prefer the show over the books. In the shows the characters are aged up, which makes some scenes easier to stomach. But the casual pedophilia in this book is terrible. 

If it were not for my love of the show, this book would be an automatic 0 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

sidtheincrediblesloth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Vomit

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

Always a favorite, do yourself a favor and read this if you're a fan of fantasy and/or political intrigues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, War, Violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia, Incest, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

saukittome's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, War, Sexism, Violence, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

ancientcowboyghost's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, and Incest