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The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

4 reviews

kamikazefooby's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Bullying, Child abuse, and Incest

weltengaengerin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The world is dark and fantastic and I can't wait to see what happens next. It's a slow burn in the beginning with lengthy introduction to 3 great characters. That takes time but I loved the relationship this built between reader and character. 

There could occassionally be a little more show not tell. e. g. one character hast to constantly rebuke male attention that's above and beyond fun and she just has very little feelings about a roadtrip where a man constantly tries to push her for sex she doesn't want. Like surely she must feel something here. Show, don't tell.

Same with another character that has a very hard lot in life and we never feel a lot of his emotions. 

That said, the book is also a typical "women written by men" story and also the main point why I deduct 1.5 stars. Like, big big big SPOILERS ahead

A woman who is 27 and kept her virgonity gets raped on the road by bandits and a few days later she actively wants to have sex with someone ... how is that realistic? With her trauma she should not want to be touched at all

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexism, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Incest

lunamond's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.25

I would have loved this book for it's beautiful and intricate Worldbuilding,  but the ending was ruined by [TW: SA]

an abysmal portrayal of SA. Specifically the sole female mc is raped and then falls "in love" with the guy she meet immediatly after the SA and has at most known him for a couple of days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Incest, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Misogyny

wyknot's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape