Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

La reina de los condenados by Anne Rice

6 reviews

bolivianrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Grief, Dysphoria, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexism, Misogyny, Body horror, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

amotoquinha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Colonisation, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Racism, Mental illness, War, and Emotional abuse

super_panda's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

This is an okay, albeit somewhat long, continuation of the vampire chronicles. However, it has passages that are so sexist that it becomes difficult to continue. I'm not sure what's worse; reading the dialog of this character or having their views go unchallenged. Also has racist undertones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Rape, and War

Minor: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, and Toxic relationship

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Like other Anne Rice novels, The Queen of the Damned is difficult to rate. It's a collection of perspectives and has multiple narrators. It starts both more than 6000 years before the ending of The Vampire Lestat, a few days before, and the next morning, depending on where you start, and who's talking.

The Queen of the Damned explains the story of Akasha, and how vampires came into being. It also teases and finally tells The Story of the Twins, setting up the climactic scene between Akasha and those who stand against her. It also introduces the Talamasca to the Vampire Chronicles, something that will be important in later books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent

sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Abortion, Islamophobia, and Racism

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence