Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Road of Bones by Demi Winters

41 reviews

thatcrazyknitter's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

jackie_recommends's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

kale_abomination's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jpkthebard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

The world building is phenomenal, and the characters’ journeys are engaging. The romance element really pulled me out of the story, though, growing more tedious as it went. While that part of the plot became critical to the journey our characters are on, it felt belabored and detracted from more engaging aspects of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

ms_morri's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

cscottrun's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Repetitive and slow because of it, but the story itself was interesting. I wanted a little more of the Bloodaxe Crew member's backstories, but maybe that will happen in book 2. Silla is so frustrating, but that gives the reader the same feeling that many of the Crew feel about her. Honestly, I was most interested in Skraeda than anyone else until the very end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

kmpionk's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

4.5

Loved this story! It is a little bit of a slower start as things are set up and put into place, but as the story unfolds the pace really picks up. There is a lot of violence and a little bit of sex so if those aren't for you I would pass on this one! If you love a good mythology, hidden powers and magic, uprising, and some romance then definitely read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

annick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

Fantastic. Narration was excellent. 


Cracking good fantasy read. Morally grey characters (male and female). Some disability representation (mute and mechanical arm). And the women fight for their safety/freedom. multi pov in third person. the last third was really engaging and a great mix of plot and character drama. 

This book has well paced  plot, tension, intrigue and a mix of well drawn characters who react with their flaws and learn with time to change their minds and actions. 

The world building is interesting. 

I enjoyed the various plot twists. And was deeply satisfied with some near the end that I did not anticipate. 

The use of old Norse words was appealing to me (i learned some Swedish in recent years). 

I’m eager to read book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Misogyny, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery

dblue236's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Trigger warnings: Violence, death of parent, graphic sexual content, sexual assault. 

I've been really interested in Norse mythology and folklore since playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla a few years ago, so that drew me to this book. I am *not* a big fan of romantasy in general, so some of those themes were a bit lost on me, but overall I enjoyed the book despite its relatively slow pace. I liked the characters and the buildup of the relationships among them as a group, and the epilogue left me wanting to continue with the series. This was not necessarily something I'd make a habit of reading, but I did enjoy it for what it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol