Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

70 reviews

alienem's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I can't believe I haven't heard of this book before. It's so good. Everyone should read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual assault

valpyre's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

one of my fave authors reviewed this, so i had to check it out for myself and i'm so glad i did. this was a really refreshing read. 

i'm not super familiar with russian mythology and folklore, and i appreciated the way this wasn't just a beat for beat retelling of a fairy tale. the way magic was intertwined with the way of life in the country, and with the main character in particular, just made sense -- i never felt too overwhelmed by new information, but there is a glossary at the end for reference.

i wasn't sure how to feel when i saw that the narrative involved multiple pov's but i really appreciated them all in the end as they lent sympathy to all the characters. the chapters/sections of different pov's were also brief enough that i appreciated the information i was learning, as opposed to just wanting to get back to the main character. even the omniscience of the prose was so smoothly written that it didn't break flow for me. 

i'm really interested to see the development of the mc's magic so i'm diving right into the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

geminisoul's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was just so immersive. I couldn't help but fall in love with Vasya and enjoyed watching her grow into herself.  I can't wait to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

pitchblackkoi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

mmmmirrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully written book. Caught me in the first 30 pages. Really well done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

4.5

Sometimes too descriptive but this was mostly only in the beginning to set the background, introduce everyone, etc. That made it hard to get into the story but finally around 65 pages I was intrigued!

Who is this stranger? What does he want with Vasya? I was hooked and didn’t want to put the book down! I loved the folklore and “spirits” throughout the story. It was very atmospheric and tense! The characters were confusing at first and it would’ve helped to have a guide to everyone’s names and their nicknames to keep track. I got used to it after awhile luckily!

Overall an exciting and interesting tale 😍 I can’t wait to continue the series and see what happens with the characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Grief, Gore, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexism, Violence, Mental illness, and Rape

chloebaboey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty

moonneedstoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief and Violence

seekerxr's review against another edition

there's an uncomfortable amount of child abuse in this book, for me. i know different people can handle different things but the amount I've already seen, 46% in, is just too much combined with all the rest of the sexism and religious bigotry and assault. i don't doubt the rest of the book will just be more of the same and i just don't want to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault