Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Starless Crown by James Rollins

3 reviews

storykeeper_saga's review

I gave it the good old college try, but it just was so bad. The worldbuilding was really amazing, and that doesn't excuse racism, sexism, rape threats against a 14 year old disabled girl, said girl getting her blindness magically cured, and a weird focus on breasts and nipples.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Slavery

readwthsam's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

overall, i did enjoy this book! it was fhe first ever novel i’ve read of Rollins and i was not too disappointed. 

albeit i did like the cast of characters, i feel as if there were a tad stereotypical (?) and the pov switching was a little distracting and hard to keep up with in the beginning, which then made it quite difficult to catch on to what the main conflict was. however the overall plot itself was interesting

undecided if i want to read the second book later this year 

ps: also i read this for a school project hence why i dragged out how long i read it lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Ableism, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

nebulasaurus's review

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment