Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Lady and the Orc by Finley Fenn

6 reviews

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book is repeated miscommunication tropes and repeated bid-d*ck breeding smut. It was too repetitive for my taste and I was so bored. The MMC is a gaslighting, lying self-admitted rapist (and we are somehow supposed to excuse these previous rapes just because he admits they "weren't successful" and he's going to do better?!). The most interesting part was the mysteriously scrawny, unblemished, shy orcs within the mountain. That's pretty much the only part I'd want to know more about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

mslori's review

This had an interesting start, but as it went on I just found myself losing interest. It was too much in places, so much "good orc seed" for example, and not enough explanations or logic in other areas. Like why do Orcs only have sons, and why are the babies 100% orc, but they rely on human women to have them. But they are not half human? I found the politics of how the humans were hunting the orcs more interesting than you would have thought. I can say in favor of the book, the orc MC went a little too far pretty early in the book, but there was some proper groveling. I almost forgave him. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

Minor: Kidnapping

jburson's review

DNF'd this earlier this year then picked it back up because it kept showing up on so many monster romance lists. Annnnd DNF'd it again. Maybe if this were pure erotica it would work for me but it's too long and dragging to be trying to be anything but romance & I just couldn't get invested in round after round of humiliation and abuse of the MC with the assumption that at some point I'm supposed to root for her to fall in love with her abuser?? No thanks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Sexual assault, Confinement, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Bullying

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

I could have kept going if it weren't for the main characters, both of whom get on my nerves and make me want to get into the book so I could give them each a good beating. Few books have ever gotten on my nerves like this and I didn't expect this from this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, and Infidelity

teignmouth's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Infertility, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

dobromira's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Sexual violence