Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Release by Patrick Ness

25 reviews

coolra's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Murder, Racism, and Sexual harassment

siprianosonia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia

ishanimaz21's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

ezrantheherb's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

lucys_library's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

millieeharmann's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.5

2.5 stars because I loved half of it, and struggled with the other half. I loved Adam's story as well as his relationships. Those he held dearest to him are so easy to love and are representative of a beautiful found family where your biological family isn't. 

That being said, a common thing I've noticed with Ness' writing is that he switches pov and pulls the reader out of the story. I especially noticed this with the final installment in the chaos walking trilogy, as well as this book. The side story of the faun and the queen ran completely parallel to Adam's narrative, and there was no influence over the events of either story until the final chapter. This was frustrating as the fantasy narrative had minimal context and made little sense, additionally, it seemed to only pull from some of the tensest moments in Adam's journey, cheapening the beauty of them. The story of the queen at the beginning seemed promising, however just remained flat throughout the entire story, with minimal climax.

That being said, if I were ever to reread this, I would skip the fantasy narrative completely and only read the chapters dedicated to Adam, and it would still make complete sense.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

andy78's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Gore

carleneb's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

Patrick Ness knows my heart in ways I don't ❤️ Another story as beautiful as his last.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

arj's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

1 hour 30 minutes - Patrick Ness is one of my all-time favourite authors and this book was certainly brilliantly written. I love the characters and the lives they lead feel so realistic and immersive, and combined with the more abstract perspective of the ghost, made for an emotional and reflective story. I would have liked it better if the two perspectives were more intertwined, I think that would have made for a more interesting conclusion, but the ending as it was was written intentionally to reflect the title very well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse