Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling

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avsdhpn's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Murder, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Good book, but suffers from middle book syndrome; however, tropes in the book did not age well since publication. Specifically

the dubious rape of Alec by an older woman being played off as a joke

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while probably not intentionally written as such, the gay chickenhawk trope of an older queer man grooming a teen boy can definitely be seen as problematic especially with Seregil taking 17 year old Alec under his wing, teaching him how to act in society, then taking him to a brothel didn't sit well with me at all, considering the trope perpetuates the notion that queer men predate on boys, fantasy norms be damned

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