Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

7 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

miss_marvel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

dieses suchtpotenzial - einfach WOW

bissle wenig frauenrollen aber es gab schon schlimmeres lol

diese welt ist einf sooo gut durchdacht (städte heißen zb nicht ästhetisch sonder praktisch zb tal der holzfäller und auch das ganze mit den Horclingen (den Feinden aus dem Horc aka der Hölle) klingt einf komplett schlüssig und abgerundet

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, War, Child death, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

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

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

wee_airdy99's review

dark emotional mysterious 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: Sexism, Misogyny, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, War, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Grief

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