Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

La jaula del rey by Victoria Aveyard

15 reviews

unremi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This is definitely my favorite book of the series! It caused me to verbally emote while reading and was quite an enjoyable read. Especially with the learning of new character’s perspectives and traumas. This book is in different characters perspectives changing by chapter!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Kidnapping, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, War, and Mental illness

This book begins an LGBTQ relationship that as a lesbian myself, I enjoyed. It didn’t feel too forced either.

prashiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad 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

"He caught me back then, ensnaring me in a prince's trap. Now I'm in a king's cage. But so is he. My chains are Silent Stone. His is the crown."

As Mare has been kept as a prisoner, there is not a lot that she can do. So the first part of the story felt very slow. But actually a lot of things were happening in the background. Sometimes doing nothing is just as powerful as actively trying to fight your enemy. Slowly we see the cracks in Maven’s court and how he is struggling to keep his crown. He makes new alliances and breaks his promises, much to his court’s annoyances. After all, he is just a lonely boy trying to survive and that scares the shit out of him. The only thing we can really count on in this world is Maven’s obsession with Mare.

But Mare doesn’t see that she also has a weakness for Maven.
“In spite of myself, I feel the familiar longing for a boy who does not exist.”

I mean, it has become boring by now. He showed you who he really is and still she goes on and on about who you thought he was.
“How many times does one wicked boy have to betray you people before you learn?”

Even though the book started a bit slow, near the end it got very exciting. I think it portrayed the changing dynamics well.

I was shocked to see how it ended with Cal and Mare!! At this point I don’t see how they will ever get back together, but I do hope so…

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Emotional abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Torture

Minor: Grief

rdawnl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, War, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

adeena23's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Child death, Slavery, Blood, and Pregnancy

kingspite618's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

man do I enjoy seeing a bunch of fucked up insane and incredibly mentally ill teenagers and young adults make a bunch of incredibly problematic and questionable choices repeatedly like their lives depended on it for a whole series straight!!
5 stars cause everyone ate and slayed and delivered and served cunt. also relate to some of these characters on a spiritual level. they are just like me fr. also YASS

evil queer villains/spoiler> we love to see it!!
The character developments and arcs and overall construction of the characters is also incredible. Go read it right now!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Torture, Abortion, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Outing, War, Grief, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

victoria_elaine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I was gonna give this a 3.75, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I really love these books, but the sections where Evangeline or cam were narrator if three me off and felt slow at some parts. The ending threw me for A LOOP btw ❤️💔 (major rant in the spoiler)

The story between Cam and her brother was really touching and I loved that they saved him. Evangeline just was not doing it for me. I loved her and Cal training together because just💕💕💕 and also they got a little 🥵🥵 but there’s no details so don’t think that’s gonna happen or nun’. ALSO CAL AND MARE TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER WHEN REUNITED BECAUSE OF MERANDUS ALMOST DESTROYED ME but I’m so happy they were baes again😌 UNTIL THEY FREAKING WERENT?!?!!! Still emotionally recovering, might not ever get there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Emotional abuse

stephwatsford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was the second best book in the series after Glass Sword in my opinion. It was tense reading Mare’s desperation as she lived through the terror of being Maven’s prisoner. I liked the dual narrative although i wish we got to explore a little bit more of Cameron’s character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

freyacarol's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The writing flips between good and bad. A lot of the metaphors are repeated and the writer tends to drag out parts where characters are explaining their feelings in an attempt to give them more depth, but it reads as clunky and overdone. That being said, I still do enjoy some of the characters, possibly because we haven't had to hear them explain the same thing over and over again. The main characters have made too many stupid decisions and the love story part of it  feels forced. The main character can't seem to decide whether she's a strong female protagonist or a simpering, helpless mess. 
The plot has some complexity, though it annoys me that a lot of the reasoning behind certain events is because the villain has this weird obsession with the main character that also perhaps could have been explained differently.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, and War