Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Sea King by C.L. Wilson

4 reviews

jillm26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Trafficking, and Violence

caitybell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

While I found its predecessor to be superior, The Sea King was still an immensely enjoyable, and at times a heart wrenching read!

The expansion of the world and pantheon of gods (with their respective, gifted magics) was the best part of this book. The world just keeps growing and the magic keeps getting more and more intriguing—I can’t wait for Wilson to keep expanding the Mystral world. 

This book was if Aquaman was in a pure fantasy setting, and I loved every second of it. I imagined a lovely kingdom like that of the planet of Naboo from Star Wars. Calberna is a kingdom where the people can control water, commune with the creatures within it, and are governed by a matriarchal hierarchy. Splendid!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, and Alcohol

dovahkiin_freyja's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

mortonsspoon's review

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Wow. Yikes. I usually avoid books with graphic sexual assault, but I did not see that coming in this one. Wish there had been a tw somewhere. 

The heroine was so annoying for the whole first half that the second half could not be redeemed. I was really interested in the whole "soulmates, but one of them rejects it" thing, but...not like that. I typically enjoy this author, so I found this really disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape