Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

4 reviews

medea_jade's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

First off, graphic audio is awesome. So much fun to listen to. 

I read this when it first came out and loved it. Second time around the plot is still exciting and it’s still worth a read, but I would warn that the author is very clearly a bit toxic. Men behave in a way that is very obviously sexual harassment but that’s brushed off as harassment. A lot of stock is put in the virginity and purity of female characters. There’s a lot of boys will be boys type thinking that just doesn’t fly anymore. 

The main female character is gang raped as her first sexual experience. A few days later she seeks to make it better by immediately having sex with someone else. Throughout the books she and the people around her seem to be deeply focused on her sexuality. I feel like the author’s sexism is showing constantly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content and Animal death

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

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

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.5

2.5 ⭐s. Loved the characters and premise, hated the sexism, misogyny, portrayal of female characters, and gratuitous pedophilia and rape scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence