Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

13 reviews

sorayah11's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Stalking, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia, War, and Classism

bookishmagpie's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

I thoroughly enjoyed this! There was no lack of interest whenever I picked it up. I do have so gripes about the world building, more specifically the magic system (though this could just be attributed to my lack of understanding and not a lack of explanation). The characters felt lively and the romance felt genuine. 

I don't know if I'll continue this series, but not for a lack of enjoyment. It felt like a satisfying enough ending with just enough ambiguity and loose-ends to justify a sequel, but not so much that I'm rushing to read it. 

If you pick this up please heed the trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Stalking

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

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

yomuyomub's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Stalking, Transphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

abarnakwn_ourcolourfulpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Deportation, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Misogyny

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Lovely, imaginative book about QPOC fantasy romance with great mutism and sign language representation, but BE SURE TO CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS. The subjects are handled well, but they are handled explicitly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Outing, Sexual assault, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Classism, Violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Blood, Torture, Sexism, Animal death, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Infidelity

There is ultimately healing in this story, but the author doesn't flinch away from full descriptions of all the traumatic events.

zed_dog's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

I would recommend this book more widely and wholeheartedly, but I hesitate because of the very, very prominent description of sexual violence and the associated physical and mental trauma. It's ultimately a hopeful book about resilience (and healthy romantic relationship negotiation, empowerment, and political intrigue), but there is certainly no flinching from the disturbing content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Outing

Moderate: Stalking

francisfrancis's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Xenophobia

albernikolauras's review

adventurous dark 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

4.5

An emotional queer romance that will put you through the ringer as you follow the main character (Vel) and his love interest (Cae) as they navigate their somewhat unplanned marriage and try to figure out who is trying to kill Vel.

This book has everything - great friendships, adorable romance, some fun politics to explore (and main characters who aren't very good at politics), and a murder mystery. It was a great book to read amongst the middling books around it.

Note - This story starts out with an extremely violent scene (check trigger warnings), and for a large part of the book, a character is dealing with the repercussions of that act. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, Outing, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders