Reviews tagging 'Torture'

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon: Mead Mishaps 1 by Kimberly Lemming

5 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Torture, Animal cruelty, War, Slavery, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child death

Minor: Body shaming

alishamegan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

Just what i needed in a reading slump when I was dnfing everything. Read it in 2 days. The things that wins is the humour! It was so FUNNY. I loved that the language is also super contemporary while the setting is medievalish. Makes it a breeze to follow and get through and incorporates gen z + millenial humour. I think I'll get the second in the series too (they are standalone but feature the same world). Loved the characterisation of the female MC!! Believable, 3D, funny, a grown ass adult woman (thank the goddess), thicc, curvy and brown skinned with pink dyed hair! loved the food descriptions and the cheese bit made me hungry for cheese (so then I read that part while eating some cheese and crackers - i recommend).

What i did not like as much was the No means Yes approach the male MC had to seggs. it isn't terrible but he's not winning any consent awards I can tell you that for free. I hate that, but it wasn't so bad in this book, it was more hit and miss. Male MC was classically morally questionable aggressive dude. Would have liked the violence toned down a tad. Also the whole overprotective thing that turns into possible confinement? Miss me with that shit. But thankfully that was not drawn out and was not actually so bad or against anyone's wishes (too much).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Slavery, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Includes a sprinkling of BDSM vibes (but not hard-core or anything) so if you're totally a no to a lil spanky spanky, dirty talk and soft tying up be cautious or skip the scenes (or book entirely).

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

A hilarious subversion of the classic villain and damsel dynamic. Cinnamon is just a simple spice farmer when she happens across a demon in the woods after a heavy night of drinking, but the adventure that she embarks on isn't exactly what she's heard in the stories (or any of us, for that matter!) The book rockets through to the climactic ending, and a happily ever after of an unexpected kind. A delightful read and definitely an author to watch!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racism, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Slavery, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Addiction

From the inside of the book: "This book contains light BDSM, dub con, violence, mentions of sexual violence (no rape or sexual assault occur. It is mentioned in conversation.), and sexually explicit that could trigger certain audiences."