Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

104 reviews

dadimabookernow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

wrenxavier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

tacita's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual content

alightbookjacquet's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.75

Harry Potter but instead of the school being wonderful and the main character being a destined hero where everything slowly turns dark, the school is terrifying and awful and the main character is a destined villain of epis proportions yet there's this pesky niggling sensation of hope and unity the main character can't quite blot out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Child death

azurelunatic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Vomit

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

5.0

The second installment in the series consists of a lot less info dumping since most of the world building was done in the first book.  The pacing feels less clunky than the first book as a result, I think.  As graduation approaches, the established system within the scholomance is challenged. I think the story took an interesting turn that I wasn't expecting by the end. I can't say more because spoilers, but I think a lot of readers will be intrigued by the ending.  There is a sense of mystery in the plot that isn't completely answered by the end. I'm looking forward to seeing how that is resolved in the next installment and how the dynamics of the enclaves are outside of the scholomance. 

In addition, the characters interact with each other more like friends than before. We get to know Liu and Aadhya better and get some glimpses into some of their other relationships which is interesting. More characters are also explored more thoroughly which adds an interesting dynamic to the ensemble of characters we already know. Galadriel and Orion's relationship becomes more established and reveals more about Orions' motivations and what attracts him to Galadriel. Through her relationships Galadriel seems much more comfortable and sympathetic compared to the first book. I think for readers who didn't like her very much in the first book it might be an opportunity to warm up to her. We also learn more about how Orion and El's magic is different than a lot of other student's magic. I felt like it helps clarify a lot about why Orion and El both function in the way that they do and why they understand each other so well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

coffeedragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I wish I could rate this a bit higher, especially considering the EPIC cliffhanger, but, I did feel like I mostly slogged through a big portion of it. We still have El, who is as snarky as ever, narrating the story for us, but I think because we covered a whole year in one book that we missed out on a lot of things that could have been detailed. El grows in character, there's friendship and just all around positivity, which sounds funny considering the circumstances, but maybe that's part of why I was like, ok...I suppose I'm like Orion in that respect. Speaking of Orion, he almost dropped off in this book, which made me sad because I think he's cute, but it's okay because I got my Orion doses restored towards the end. I can't wait for next year, which is when I hope the next book will be out! Lots to look forward to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

Not good at tagging, may be more! Ps. Attempt murder

purplatypus's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: War, Eating disorder, and Suicide

kem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.5

This book was a wonderful follow up but at times it seemed to rush. Orion was not as big a part of the action and we spent a bit too much time in El’s head. But! We really got to know the other characters from the first book and their histories and motivations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Violence

Minor: Sexual content