Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

138 reviews

stephanieroc's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

La historia me encantó, el mundo me fascinó y los personajes me atraparon por completo. Tiene ese toque de magia y realismo que me encanta.

Mi única queja sería la edad de la protagonista, considerando el aspecto de la relación amorosa en el libro, y aunque puede ser validado por la época histórica en la que se situa la historia, no diría que es lo más apropiado. Aun así la historia de amor had me in a chokehold. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

accidentalspaceexplorer's review against another edition

4.5

I didn't realize that this was a retelling, which was a pleasant surprise! I ended up quite enjoying this, although the romance wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be. Very atmospheric, and very tense in the end even though I knew it couldn't end awfully. I would check the content warnings though, it got heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

deirdraza's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

jo_d's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Zoomed through reading this book, excellent story but very few happy moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, War, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

natatouille's review against another edition

5.0

This was beautiful but it hurt. I think it’s worth it. 

The first part was slow, the rape scene and animal death were brutal, but Sorcha’s story just gave me so many heart cramps it was great and terrible and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Rape

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Torture, Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Sexual assault

aster_isk_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Animal death

theavidbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

This book was truly heart-wrenching to read. If it's possible to both love and despise a book for the pain it puts you through, this is it. There was so much sadness that I really had a difficult time reading this... Can't say enjoyable but I also can't say that it wasn't a good book. 

The writing is solid, and does a very good job of pulling you in and keeping you there. The characters are wonderfully written. 

My biggest struggle with this book (and the reason I can't rate it) would be the abundance of pain and suffering. It almost seems like overkill? 

There is a rather explicit rape scene (first person POV, MC).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

breeperscreepers's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

A beautiful and sad story that made me cry. Couldn't recommend it more if you're looking for a dark fantasy that swoops low with grief and teases you back up with slowburn feels 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

hp3's review against another edition

dark

• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape