Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless

8 reviews

thebowandthebook's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Really fascinating book. Plunges you into the Irish history but with a magical spin that it's very immersive. I enjoyed the audio as it helped with pronunciation.

Def adult - lots of violence and some sex -not much romance in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Violence, Murder

sydneyandherbookss's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

chrisb913's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was absolutely fantastic. The fact that I just devoured a book with soooo little action and STUFFED with political intrigue blows my mind 🤯🤯. I'm going to be continuing with this series and I can't wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Suicide, War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Incest

maddie_palmer's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, War

dogearedbooks's review

4.5

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

indyjg's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This stunning first novel of the Gael Song series is a brilliant, gripping historical fantasy that I could barely put down. From the first pages, you’re immediately thrown into a fantastical 10th-century Ireland where feuding magical clans are vying for power in a changing political and religious landscape. Tales of magic, betrayal and warring kings are told from the dual perspectives of Gormflaith, an ambitious and machiavellian Queen who, while vying for power, is also trying to keep her identity as one of the few remaining Fomorians, powerful wielders of fire-magic a secret. On the other side of the coin, we’re introduced to Fódla, a healer belonging to the Tuatha Dé Danann, another race of immortal magic users forbidden from interacting with mortals but have increasingly been drawn into mortal conflicts.

These two rival groups are sworn enemies, determined to destroy each other. Lawless beautifully describes the political manoeuvring and intrigue between the Fomorians and the Tuatha Dé Danann and the changing religious landscape between the Norse and Christian communities at the time. However, my favourite aspect of this book is how morality is woven throughout the story; there are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ factions, merely morally grey characters with compelling and nuanced perspectives. I also thoroughly enjoyed how both Gormflaith and Fódla were fleshed-out, captivating and strong female characters. They were given due time to understand and relate to their motivations while still being morally grey, so many books fall short of this. Lawless’s prose read like a Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes book, and needless to say, I am keenly anticipating the sequel, so Children of Gods and Fighting Men gets five stars from me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death

valpuri's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War

Minor: Incest, Gaslighting

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury