Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

13 reviews

tiannaedwards's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book works well in the context of the trilogy and the whole story it is trying to tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, and Child death

wannaone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

i loved the first book of this series and it broke my heart. i wish i’d read this one closer to when i read the first one, because i might have remembered a lot of names and places and events better, but this was still very very good. i love the way that both these books explore gender. i also just love this world. very excited to see what comes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, Gore, and Death

zooix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Body horror, Physical abuse, Death, Child death, Animal death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

This checks a lot of content warnings but some are more prevalent than others. Overall it is significantly less sexually violent than its predecessor, but has more acute grief experiences.

book_gremlin42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I wish I had read Black Leopard Red Wolf more recently, or had a copy with me to compare the parts of the story that overlap, so I could note all the subtle differences between Sogolon's account and Tracker's. This book was such a satisfying follow-up after BLRW, which I remember being an incredible story unlike any I'd ever read, but also wildly misogynist (the narrator and characters, not the author obviously). Like Sogolon said of Tracker's story "maybe some of it even have one or two women he neither call witch nor bitch." Sogolon is a (deeply flawed) feminist icon. I want more stories in this world! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, War, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Death of parent, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Body horror, and Sexual violence

traceygadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

Absolutely excellent follow-up to Black Leopard, Red Wolf. I loved how he wrote the female characters, and the principal protagonist in particular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

mishnah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

what the fuck do you mean that there’s going to be a third one of these

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

itstaralw's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

1.0

It never sits right with me when men write about sexual assault—but when they write this much about graphic sexual violence, it’s just repulsive. . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, War, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Incest, and Child death

cpbindel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: War