Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

76 reviews

hbae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and Incest

harrimyers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

doesn’t get any higher cause i did enjoy reading it and it wasn’t boring but there’s only so high i can rate a book which profits off of incest and hurting women. and i get that it’s mimicking historical attitudes but it also sucks to read that much sexism. very strong characters tho, they’re all so unique and interesting and i did enjoy reading it i just wish that these topics weren’t such a casual addition to the books 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Death of parent, War, Slavery, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Torture, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

peggy_racham's review against another edition

1.25

Readding this review after some thought
Possitive things: Daenerys' story,dragons and whitewalkers. 
Negative: Cant write 10 year olds for shit. The rape fantasies are longer(multiple pages) than the loving spouses sex scenes. 
The only reason I didnt DNF is cause I wanted to see how it ends but not worth it
All the TWs

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Death, Torture, Trafficking, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Misogyny

elijah__'s review

adventurous dark 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

3.75

I haven't seen the show, but hear they aged up the characters; that is unquestionably the right choice. Daenerys' age (and Sansa's, towards the end) make a lot of details feel very unnecessarily disgusting. Although I do not feel this was done with any sort of bad motive, it still significantly lowers the rating for me. However, I deeply enjoyed the court intrigue, and the world is fantastic; the world feels massive, deep, and alive, and I like that the magical elements of this medieval fantasy work are more understated and uncommon than you'd normally see.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Infidelity, Grief, Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pedophilia

amanda_smarkova's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Incest, and Murder

kathrynw12's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Incest, Murder, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

vrie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, War, Animal death, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Blood, Slavery, Trafficking, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Bullying

hanyentreletras's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Pensaba darle 4 estrellas (igual estoy siendo bastante buena) por lo del CAWPILE peeeero esas escenas super sexuales de Danny mmmm no.

Mi mayor miedo cuando comencé este libro fue que iba a ser demasiado, por como pintan a George y toda la saga, que no iba a entenderlo, etc. La verdad es que... no lo es, es súper sencillo. Puedes perderte es con los nombres y los árboles genealógicos.

Siento que en este primer libro la fantasía está menos presente de lo que, posiblemente, va a estar más adelante.

Danny es mi personaje favorito pero leerla también es un dolor porque, mientras a Catelyn y Ned le dan escenas tipo <estaban desnudos porque esa noche habían hecho el amor, a Danny (que es una NIÑA) le ponen escena muuuuuy explícitas. Sé que van a poner de excusa que es porque es por los dothraki pero lo lamento, esa no es excusa suficiente para que la única persona que tiene escenas sexuales explícitas en el libro sea una niña de 13/14 años🤢🤮 Igual estoy orgullosa de ella por todo lo que logró.

Entiendo que para algunos Ned sea su personaje favorito pero, la razón por la que me costó leerlo en dos meses fue porque en enero llegué a una parte donde sus pov's están muy presentes y 💤

Sansa se merece mis disculpas públicas, cuando ví la serie no me caía pero leyéndola me duele😞

La amistad de Jon y Sam 🔝

En fin, lo disfruté y otras veces se me hizo eterno, dependía del pov.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical content, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

_theliteraturevillian_'s review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

Because I watched the show, the book was easy to keep up with. If you never saw the show then take your time. Im actually pretty glad that the show stuck to the main idea of the series. There were a couple of small things that were not mentioned in the show that I actually appreciated. 

Overall pretty great writing, world building and amazing character development. I hate almost every character beside Eddard and Jon and Bran. Again, if you never seen the show, TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THE STORY.  I would say write a summery after each chapter. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Misogyny, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Incest, Classism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

livd1200's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, Rape, and Torture