Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

18 reviews

emspilk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mg_midd93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Honestly I think the only thing that stops me from giving this 5 stars is because it just stops so suddenly. I would have loved to find out more about Rapunzel and Haelwise's relationship.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

elusive_bumble_bee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Torture

katconig's review

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death

amalyndb's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Miscarriage, Torture, and Abortion

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

thirza's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

bookwyrmsam's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Ended up being pretty disappointed in this book, despite loving the first hundred or so pages. The book ended up feeling aimless and meandering and as we got closer and closer to the end of this standalone I realized the book wasn't going to focus on the things I wanted to know more about or answer the questions about the world and the magic that have been raised. I really disliked the romance in this book which became a heavier focus near the climax than I anticipated, and I wasn't really satisfied with the conclusion that our protagonist was given compared to her desires and goals throughout the book. I knew going into this that it reads more like historical fantasy than a direct Rapunzel retelling, but I definitely need to reiterate that here: don't go into this looking for a Rapunzel story. I'm not mad I read this, but I probably won't revisit it. There were elements I loved but the execution didn't work out for me. However there were enough positives that I would still recommend giving it a try if you were interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture

arose913's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I love a good fairy tell retelling, especially one from the villains POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

emmarie's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Torture, and Abortion

This book had such a potential to be great. The concept is amazing, but was not executed in the best way. The plot is SLOW. The royal family dynamics are so confusing it’s nearly impossible to know who is related to who and how. I wish more of the journalist’s perspective was in there. I gave it 3 stars because the last 25% of the book was quite good and the concept was brilliant. It started moving fast then. The first 75% droned on to the point I would accidentally skip lines and have to force myself to reread.