Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

412 reviews

ladystardust1979's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Blood, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Rape

khwahishx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

this was amazing. pierce brown shattered my heart multiple times throughout the book. this is the type of pain i enjoy. if you're a fan of hunger games then read this. 
i loved all the friendships which developed in this

pax deserved sm better, my heart broke for him

i loved eo. also eo and darrow are so anakin and padmé coded, specially with that ending.

i predicted her death because of this.

anyways i 100% recommend this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Cannibalism

chandc012's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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: Sexual violence and Rape

readyforit's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.25

4.25⭐️0🌶️0.5💧

I can’t believe this missed me during my 2014 dystopian phase but I’m glad it found me 10 years later. I think I would’ve liked it more if I read had a copy to read while I listened, since there are a lot of fantasy-esque names to remember. I liked the narrator a lot but I had to slow it down since he has an Irish accent so I couldn’t get through it as fast as I normally do with audiobooks. The beginning was a bit slow to start, as most fantasy books are with world-building, but surprisingly it also slowed down in the middle after Darrow entered the institute. This author is really good at jerking you around with his twists and turns though I’ve never had my jaw on the floor as much as when reading this series. 

Darrow is a labor worker in the poorest class of people in the solar system, red. He and his people are told they’re making mars livable for higher classes, but we soon find out the dream has already been realized and all classes of people are living on mars, and other planets. To free his people he must become one of his enemies, a gold, and bring them down from the inside. He goes to the institute (aka hunger games for district 1 kids but somehow more brutal), where he makes friends and enemies, trying to win. We meet a lot of side characters who are all deeply fleshed out, and you either learn to love or hate.

If you liked the hunger games, divergent, or the maze runner, you’ll love this series. I’m definitely going to try listening to the graphic audio and reading along to a physical copy to see if that’s a better experience. Overall, I really liked the book and will reread! I wish this had a larger fan base for a series or movie or better fanart though, since I’m someone who has trouble picturing things in my head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Police brutality, Death, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Body horror, Sexual assault, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt, War, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Vomit

I’ve seen this labeled as YA but I wouldn’t let your kids read this, it’s really gory. I’d recommend hunger games instead

hashbrownhedgehog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

goodwillcunting's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Red Rising is a book about power, and about hope, and about all that matters to being human once everything else is made perfect. The cast is messy and complicated in a way that makes you forget who you’re rooting for. The worldbuilding is engaging, but still tethered in reality enough that it comes easily to the reader. The story is full of plot twists, unlikely alliances, and highly detailed action, and I would recommend most to read it. 0.25 stars were taken off for pacing and the other 0.25 for excessive use of the word “piss.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Classism, Excrement, Grief, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Rape, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Death of parent

dwindch's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

lily_sutton's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Rape

maziemouse's review against another edition

4.75

somewhere I’m sure there is a Buzzfeed quiz to determine what Color you are 😭🌈

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Classism, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, and War

itswilson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.0

I want to clarify, I enjoyed this book. The story was unique, world building was solid, the main character was lovely. However, the author uses the classic trope of every single woman in this story is either murdered or SA’d to give the main character something to fight for. I had a lot of really high hopes going in because this book was so highly recommended, but I cannot stand reading any work by an author who isn’t capable of writing women any other stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape