Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa

36 reviews

cdmkylo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Really struggled to get through this book for some reason. It wasn't until about 70% through when I felt it picked up and then completely devoured it. Lots of build up and mystery leading to the end with mild cliffhanger. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual harassment

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child abuse, Classism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, Vomit, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, and War

britbrit29's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Rape

kaadee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I giggle every time they call him “The Night King” but his name is Desmond Flynn. You’re gonna tell me that name is meant to be accompanied with a title? No.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Stalking, Medical content, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

anoelle896'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Classism, Cursing, and Violence

ell_n's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

cmcdonnell2014's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Death, War, Cursing, Gore, and Emotional abuse

bangiebangs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

3.5

Eeeeh... good but not great. It was a little harder to stick with this one somehow, it felt a little slow/tedious in places. I think the pacing here could have been better. 
That all said, I read it pretty quickly and enjoyed it, for the most part. Not loving the "sassy Black friend" here (though Temper is fire!), but oh well. We get some more Des, which is great, and the chemistry between these two is still great. The spice here is a bit secondary (3/5), but overall good story. Led me to read on, so I think if you liked the first one, you'll like this one. I am, however, hoping that the final book will pick up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, and Sexual content

reads_all_the_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Please check trigger warnings before starting this series. It’s good.. but there are things that could be triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, and Rape

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Slavery, and War

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Classism