Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

20 reviews

dm_pat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

2.5

It's clearly early Butcher, which means it's rough and more than a little sexist. When it gets out of its own way with that bullshit, it's entertaining and a fun adventure. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Violence

nepenthesbaphomet's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

1.0

To many references to sexual assault and to much of a focus on slavery in the world for me. It's wild how the author can come up with a whole fantasy setting but have to rely on sexual assault and slavery to drive the story. Not creative in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Alcoholism

ladysanctuary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

A pretty solid fantasy romp, with some relatively interesting magic mechanics.
I was initially impressed by the introduction of two women without being given a description of their breasts, though this was quickly rectified. Despite this, and some very uncomfortable sexual violence the book generally and ultimately depicted most of its characters pretty well in service of the story and inter-character relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, War, and Rape

Moderate: Racism

jklinck2's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, Trafficking, and Slavery

Minor: Rape

midnightsharkist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Jim Butcher storytelling is excellent. However the way he writes romance and sexual tensions  does feel cliché and overdone at times. Still a very enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cannibalism, Rape, Death, and Gore

Mostly implied but it is part of the content.

daniber's review against another edition

Too graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Torture

allisoncread's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

tecovb's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Rape

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Slavery, and Violence

jeannis's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

frogbone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.25

this is a fun little book, and not a bad crack at hard fantasy for the Dresden Files guy. unfortunately, here are two things that ruin it for me:

1) he wrote this based on a bet that he received on a forum that he could not successfully combine "Pokemon" and "Roman legions" together in one book. this brings a lot of the decisions made in here into clarity, and not in a way that i really enjoy.

2) (CW: sexual assault)

it features the most doggedly persistent attempted rapist i've ever seen in a book. i mean, this guy just won't go away. he's like the Michael Myers of raping. i hate it

unfortunately, these reservations kind of sink the book for me, and i would not recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Cannibalism