Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

58 reviews

aeori's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

“To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are willing to give up.”

As serialized books go, there's something called "second-book syndrome", wherein a writer fails to write a second book that will live up to the first one.  Well, this book doesn't suffer from this syndrome. It was better than the first, even. This book is the one that shows that the arguments used for criticizing in a negative way the first fell apart (I addressed these arguments in my review of Captive Prince). The relationship between the main characters starts to be a more equal one and the plot continues to be interesting as the first one, with a well-structured structure and plot twists that fall into place at the right moment. 

This is truly one of my favorite series! I completely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, War, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicide, Child abuse, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

kissjjong's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Violence

cait's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Slavery, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual assault

ririreadss's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

Not ready for the Book 3 turmoil

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Incest

harmonique's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

dracoarys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH. Damen and Laurent stole my heart so fast. I love them as characters but I also adore how they compliment each other. They have a very fragile balance that is weakened by their relationship as master/slave, and by the fact that Damen hides his true identity, but at the same time it is reinforced by the obvious care they have for one another and the building trust between them. Their relationship is so interesting and compelling. 
Im obsessed. 
The war building up and exploding in the end was something I really liked and, obviously, it serves as a good cliffhanger for the next book. The latest revelation about the regent and Kastor were, not THAT unexpected but still shocking. 
I liked everything about this book, it was a great read, and Im dying to read the next one. 
(also Laurent's cleverness is something I will never get tired to read). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and War

amabalama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

rearic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The politics in the plot of this are amazing. Every loose thread that was set up in the beginning was tied by the end. So many plot twists, couple I saw coming, but a lot I did not.
Also, the romance! So worth the wait!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

20sidedbi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

1.25

This is still a poorly written book that handles topics of sexual violence extremely badly. But the plot finally seems to matter and the characters are starting to feel like people instead of caricatures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Slavery, Violence, War, Trafficking, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Homophobia