Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

292 reviews

cdoubet's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

shannonvonpesach's review against another edition

Buckle up. Ik heb dit boek geprobeert maar dominantie tonen door iemand op dr mond te pakken?
Hagelslag terwijl dat héél NL/BE is en het in Amerika afspeelt? 
Engelse woorden gebruiken (ounces bijv.) Én een verwarrend proloog? 

Het was een beetje veel. En er kwamen steeds meer namen bij. Lore vind ik ook geen leuk karakter en Athena is gewoonweg irritant.

Helaas een DNF.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

aliyahrenee13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

emilyyjjean's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

I’m so glad I’ve finally read this, and it did not disappoint. I love Greek Mythology and I loved The Darkest Minds, so I had very high expectations for this book. 

I loved the characters and the story. It kept me entertained, and I had to keep on reading. The twists were good; I didn’t really see them coming!

I’m a little sad it doesn’t seem like this will be a series, but I’m happy that Lore and Castor got a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Torture

princegene95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, War, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia, Torture, and Sexual assault

mlovationer1's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Violence, Blood, and Sexual assault

aschlegs's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

ree87's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I think I might have enjoyed this book if I had read it when I originally received it in an OwlCrate box, but reading it now? I had to force myself to get through it, which took forever. There was more violence and gore than I was expecting, and at times it felt like there were just too many characters. It was just ok, I wouldn't recommend or ever read it again, and I'm not sure that I'd go out of my way to read anything else by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

rebeccamgwck's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

A dark, grim re-imagining of Greek mythology which explored the brutal side of both the godly, immortal figures and the plain old humans with their burning ambition. The plot was intriguing; watching the characters unravel thread after thread and often ending up with more questions than answers. The full cast of characters were well-developed, though frustratingly bad decision makers (someone had to advance the plot, l suppose). The ending felt slightly rushed,

and a bit jarringly sunshine-and-rainbows compared to the previous fifty-odd chapters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse and Ableism

becalexa's review against another edition

3.0

the pacing in this story was not very good. extremely (excruciatingly) slow for the first half and very choppy in the second half. also the timeline of the flashbacks and backstory was pretty confusing. i had to rely heavily on the blurb to understand the concept as it was never clearly explained in the text. the romance was cute but kinda felt like an afterthought. the plot twists weren't very effective because i didn’t know what was going on in the first place. the story definitely improved in the second half and the characters were compelling enough for me to keep reading! all in all, great concept but execution could've been better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Gore