Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

304 reviews

pennyfountain's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual assault, Rape, and Death

graece_03's review

challenging dark emotional tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

This is the first of a trilogy and was intense and dark enough that I will not be reading the second two

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Classism

ellie_debney's review

challenging dark

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cadereading's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery

dmrains's review

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Outing, Classism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying

adelinaamouteru's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

what happens in the end, i saw it coming, it's kinda annoying. it makes sense though... i guess... 
don't know if i'll be reading the other books, but this one was entertaining!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape

sarah_sedai_blueajah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent

gracemarshall6's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

ahopper7's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to like this more than I did. The fantasy elements are cool, I love the magic system, and I love a good badass female plot line. But the romance, I mean it’s cute and I will always love a queer couple but the way they “fell in love” didn’t feel organic and for me the tension and chemistry is missing. I still have hopes the remaining books in the trilogy will win me over though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

lshort1230's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book. Mostly I think it wasn't really for me - it was a bit heavier than I would like, though I appreciate the generally happy ending. The main flaw with the book is that the world building doesn't quite work, and I kept being distracted by that. At least part of the issue is that these girls are only in the harem for a year but they aren't allowed to leave the palace after and the crown compensates their family to the degree they complete to sacrifice their daughters *and* this has been going on for centuries. That aside the characters are interesting and the action is good. Choices that characters make mostly make sense. I'm happy with where the book ended and I wish I hadn't read the epilog, as it adds a cliffhanger and I have no intention of reading the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death, Colonisation, Bullying, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape