Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

9 reviews

acreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.75

Really wished I would’ve liked this book more… started out good, the story gripped me but the way women are written and talked about in this book is just plain misogynistic. Plus fantasy or not, I cannot deal with virginity and getting your period being talked about as “flower” and “flowering” so annoying, and the sheer number of mentioning of men’s “seeds” and “seed pods” make me insane. 

& don’t even get me started on the orientalism / the way the isolated city in the middle of the desert is described as middle eastern and villainized- truly, I thought we were done with this.

Plotwise: The pacing felt off at times, felt like there could’ve been spend more time on their training - like how did Arlen suddenly become superhuman? 

Also trigger warning and spoiler:

rape is yet again being used by a male author without it having any affect on the plot or development of that character, which frankly pisses me off. Like do better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Incest, Rape, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Islamophobia

natalie_c_west's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: War and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Addiction, and Child abuse

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

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

errie's review

Violent misogyny, gratuitous rape and sexual assault, and horrifically racist depictions of the villains made this book utterly unreadable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

dhellbach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Rape

yuustkaa's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest

libraryofhades's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence