Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

158 reviews

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

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

ally_133's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

Was really slow at the start and made it hard to get into the book, but at the end things really start to speed up and get interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia and Kidnapping

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

lottie1803's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual harassment, War, Homophobia, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Biphobia, Gaslighting, and Lesbophobia

manicpixiedreaming's review

adventurous challenging hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

let's go lesbians, let's go!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

kairrakat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Rape

madisonmashaw's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, and Violence

quartznroses's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This is a heavy read. Lei was slightly frustrating as a character mostly because she had a tendency to think and act in the moment and not think long term.

Wren was a good balance to this and I loved them together.

I will be interested to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Slavery, and Sexual violence

kian_annus's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence