Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Time Of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

28 reviews

bellemarier's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual violence

comradehaasboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence and Cursing

thenoboshow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual harassment, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Slavery, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Violence, War, Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Trafficking

skitch41's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

goblinscribe'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This book makes it feel like Ciri just exists so the author can mention her underage private parts hurting or feeling pleasure. Her virginity comes up often and, towards the end of the book, is placed in peril several times in a row during a deluge of r*pe related plot. Idk what happened. The other books have been mild to medium cringe with the women characters. This one feels like extra creepy and uncomfortable.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Gore

obstinateheadstrongcurl's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

This one dragged for the first half. It picked up a bit in the second half, but it’s moved away from Geralt and monster-hunting and into more political intrigue. I’m excited to see what happens next for Ciri. I do think the SA scene was completely unnecessary and poorly handled. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

rainycraze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

At the end Ciri very nearly gets raped, is saved, then immediately gets non-consensual lesbian violated. And then Ciri is apparently totally fine when she wakes up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, War, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Murder, Suicide, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

battlefieldpoet's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

zams's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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 book was giving me nothing but a reading slump.
It dragged on over things that used to come to a clever twist later in the book in the previous parts, but simply usually didn't in this one.
It also had almost no cuktivation of any relationships, you're just fed dry passages instead of actual interactions that would lead up to the situations between the charcter, the most annoying one is Yennefer and Geralt's, but Ciri and Geralts was very weak too this time.
All in all I was just bored for about 90% of the book, the usual was nowhere to be found and the great action scenes and twists and details were more than lacking as well, but weird remarks and small things that almost feel like plot holes were sprinkled throughout.
I would have DNFed it if I didn't already own the next book, absolutely boring and disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

moosethemoose's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.25

i think i’m witchered out for a bit. this book was a whole lot of stuff and oh boy 

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping