Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

38 reviews

clairefrances_8's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence and Murder

Author gives adequate trigger warnings in beginning of the book. You could skip the scene itself as the moment of sexual assault occurs early on and is referenced without details throughout the book

sneaky_snake22's review

adventurous emotional fast-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? No

5.0

I loved this book.  The first two chapters are rough in content but then it picks up and is a highly addictive read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

gaden35's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

5.0

I love this book so much. It makes all my other 5 star reviews feel false. 

THIS is how you do a recovery from SA story. THIS is how you do a forced proximity/arranged marriage trope. The discussions of consent in many forms and in many arenas are refreshing and nice to finally see in a fantasy novel. The main sex scene  was well done and avoided many (not all haha) of the SFF/Romantasy tropes. The ones it used were well done. 
And Foz has built a world I am yearning to learn more about. And proves how inclusive fantasy can be if you just care enough. 
LOVE THIS BOOK. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

voidature's review against another edition

emotional

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit and Transphobia

r_a_bell's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Outing, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

glowhoya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Absolutely delicious, i love arranged marriages and court intrigue!! They’re gay! There’s (a bit of) magic! Nonbinary/trans/gnc people are just there! Not a spectacle, not a commentary, just existing and if ppl don’t like it they’re the weird ones! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit

There is on-page depiction of rape and discussions of said rape throughout. It is not gratuitous and the overall story is one of healing.

purplepenning's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Violence, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Body horror, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Classism, Animal death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Outing, Self harm, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Though it's a well-handled journey of healing, a main point of view character experiences significant trauma early in and deals with trauma recovery for much of the book.

egcdf's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

librarianeno's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

I feel like Meadows couldn't decide what to focus on: the magic, the romance, the mystery, or the language. So everything felt half-developed. What felt fully developed was the romance and the mystery. I had a hard time keeping track of all the different honorifics and pronouns that were used by the different characters. I wish that there was a glossary or explanation of how each one was used. The magic didn't really come into play until 3/4 of the way through the book and it felt like an afterthought. And like it was just added to try to bring a wider audience to the book. I loved all the LGBTQIA+ aspects of the story and especially loved that once the ambassador (I forgot the specific name Meadows uses for the ambassador) finds out that the main character is gay, she offers the brother of the girl he was going to betroth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Rape

cranberriqueen's review

lighthearted sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual violence