Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

2 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Death, Confinement, Classism, Torture, Self harm, War, Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Racism, Alcohol, Slavery, Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Excrement, Drug use, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Grief, Infidelity, Hate crime, Genocide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Vomit

jpw's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-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

2.0

With the third book, I found the structure and style becoming tedious. The continued cycle of 'triumph, betrayal, hopelessness, clever triumph, repeat' didn't hook me. Meticulously detailed sequences leave nothing to the imagination, making the multiple battle and torture sequences exhausting. The crassness of multiple charcters is cartoonish and grating, as the same bits play out in the same way for a thind book in a row. Ultimately the vision of revolution is interesting but the journey to get there is less so

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Violence, War, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, and Murder

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Sexual violence