Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

63 reviews

dunegirl's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

geekmom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad

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

4.75

This was a truly wonderful novel. Marillier has taken a familiar, old fairy tale and breathed new life into it, and subverted some of the tropes; the characters feel deeply human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, War, and Murder

minniepauline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage

footnotesinyourstory's review against another edition

loved the writing, the setting & the characters to some extent (even if they felt a bit too mature for their age). it felt a bit too slow-moving as well.

the graphic rape scene

was too much for me, especially as it felt a bit too abrupt. maybe it was my fault for not heeding the content warnings.

i also found out from other reviews that the main couple has a significant age gap when the fmc is still a child, so personally not very into that either lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

sleepyfeen's review

Very graphic rape scene 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

hannahollihan's review against another edition

1. Rape of a child, the fae know it’s going to happen and don’t do anything and think she needs to suffer in order to grow and break the curse, then she is GRATEFUL she gets pregnant from the rape. Our MC has no agency, she is a tool for breaking the curse and hasn’t been able to make her own decisions or choices almost the entire book. Only the first act of rebellion at the beginning. I was enjoying this and even after the rape happened but the more I think about it the more frustrated and angry I get. ALSO the dog dies. Wtf????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

whitpapa's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

hurricanyounot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

I'd sell BOTH my kidneys if it meant I got to read this for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Confinement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Incest

MAJOR Content Warnings: In chapter 6,

Sorcha is brutally raped at 14 years old.

Minor Warning Explanation: This story takes place in a time when people got married MUCH earlier in life, and, for those in higher positions in power, would often marry cousins. There is also a pregnant side character.

virginia_pixley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

cmbossy's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved the whimsical fairy-tale style of this book. It was beautiful and sweeping, despite how sad and traumatic the main character’s journey is. The character’s youth added a sweet storytelling aspect and I thought it was great. Very dark storylines though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Death, and Self harm