Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

52 reviews

dododenise's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book suffers of severe middle book syndrome. It drags on, the plot being in that awkward place between the start and the resolution. I had to push myself through this book, hoping for better to come. But the plot pretty much kept its pace, making that part of the book very monotonous. The plot was also incredibly predictable. So predictable, that I didn’t think it would take this obvious of a route. But it did. I’m really hoping the third and last book in the trilogy does better.

But next to the plot points, this book was about recovery of trauma. And I think the book handled that well. We see how different characters handle it all in their own ways. When it comes to character development, the series needed this middle part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Death, Blood, Violence, Alcoholism, Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Slavery

lqvekanej's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Violence, and Murder

vampire_burrito's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

edit: gonna re-read this, because I think I was too harsh on the first time round. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual content

raaafael's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm

anaguana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Murder, Misogyny, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

ryann_400's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Outing, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Gore, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

thevieira's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

Something about this story just has me at meh. I think I need to take a break from marathoning audios. I definitely feel tired. I will reread this book at some point because it's definitely good, right now I am not in the mood for it and it reflects in the 3 stars. I wanted to enjoy this more than book one, but it's about the same for me.

Rep: Asian coded cast, sapphic female MC with PTSD, lesbian coded female love interest with PTSD, lesbian coded female side character, side MLM couple.

CWs: Death, violence, blood, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, grief, war, gore, alcohol consumption, alcoholism, panic attacks, mental illness (PTSD), rape, suicide, murder, body horror, slavery, injury/injury detail, addiction. Moderate: Child abuse, child death, genocide, physical abuse, racism, consensual sexual content, suicidal thoughts, toxic relationship, vomit, trafficking, kidnapping, fire/fire injury, adult/minor relationship, misogyny, gaslighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, War, Gore, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Murder, Body horror, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

celiasaintjames's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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

my favorite book in the trilogy <3
the new introduced characters were fantastic and i was so glad this book was more “adventurous” than the previous one and after that ending i’m so exited to read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, War, and Sexual content