Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

38 reviews

waverlyloyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Blood

moonybombadil's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

if you want to read something kinda similar to the lord of the rings, but way more brutal, containing way too many affronts but also actually significant (and really cool) female characters, try this series. it's insanely scandalous. you'll love it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and War

river24's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

trinidad_gondi's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

wikawrites's review against another edition

2.5

The book was good, the plot intriguing but the way Martin writes women and children is disgusting. There were many scenes that were hard to read: like all the chapters with Daenerys' "sex" scenes. She's 13. It's rape, yet it's not treated as such.

There are already issues with the show about how women are portrayed, but after just the first book, I can already tell I prefer the show over the books. In the shows the characters are aged up, which makes some scenes easier to stomach. But the casual pedophilia in this book is terrible. 

If it were not for my love of the show, this book would be an automatic 0 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

saukittome's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, War, Sexism, Violence, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

lysac382's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Abortion, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

fujo_cat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Oh boy... It was amazing! This was a reread, so I was afraid I'd get a little bored, but I feel like I liked it even more! Every (main) character grew on me and I missed all of them so much... I still need to finish the second part, as my edition is 1-in-2 but I can't wait to read all of them <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Gore, Death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcoholism, and Ableism

Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, and Slavery

Minor: Infertility