Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

3 reviews

imds's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Torture, Stalking, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

rory18's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Abandonment, Confinement, Blood, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Racism, Sexual violence, and Classism

Minor: Child death

Tagged as incest due to

Sydney being raised by Ian's aunt

, but in a manner similar to how Rapunzel is raised, so it's like... Pseudo/adoptive-incest of cousins?

jmatsumura's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

4.5

This book was very good. It's The Magicians by Lev Grossman meets A Promising Young Woman (flim). I had my doubts in the first few chapters but was fully engulfed by the end- which didn't play out exactly as I had thought. That is always a plus. The magic was good, the morals better, and the plot well-paced. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, and Torture