Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

5 reviews

macykey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The book struggles, as the one prior does in my opinion, from pacing issues. I also felt that the book was rather slow when Cas and Poppy were separated as their relationship and dynamic is a lot of what drives the book. I’d recommend reading A Crown of Gilded Bones directly before you read this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

widdlemun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Bluntly, it's like a train wreck you just can't look away from. It has moments when it uses modern language in this medieval fantasy setting which breaks emersion. Example A, towards the end of the book a character leaves and another character describes it as him "peacing out." I couldn't stop laughing. Or when a cigar container gets brought up but there are no cigars. Definitely can be campy, if you don't take it too seriously I'd recommend a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Child death

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual assault

josxphinchen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Animal death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Gore, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

hannahbaysinger_jones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I literally have no idea why people are giving this book such low ratings. It was such a good FBAA novel and it makes sense with all the characters storylines and character progression. 
Personally I would have loved more action rather than the assorted talking and re-explanations that I felt took up a lot of the chapters when we as readers already knew what was going on. 
Can't wait for the next one though :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Excrement