Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

20 reviews

kaelielily's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

Das Reich der Vampire ist ein sehr dickes Fantasy Buch mit einer komplexen Welt und Vorgeschichte, und ist mit seinen knapp 1000 Seiten gerade mal der 1. Teil einer mehrteiligen Reihe. Zudem ist das Buch deutlich düsterer als alles was ich sonst lese. Dementsprechend langsam war der Einstieg in das Buch. Es brauchte eine Weile, bis ich wirklich in dieses Buch abtauchen konnte, aber dann hat es mich absolut gefesselt.
Der Interview Stil in dem das Buch geschrieben ist, passte perfekt dazu und der Wechsel zwischen den verschiedenen Zeitlinien hat die Spannung aufrecht erhalten.
Ich war lange nicht mehr so emotional bei einem Buch. Glücklich, wütend, aber auch zu Tränen gerührt. Manche Verrate oder Handlungswendungen waren etwas vorhersehbar, wie zum Beispiel auch das Ende. Aber dennoch war es ein sehr gutes Buch, bei dem noch viele Fragen offen geblieben sind, und ich bin sehr gespannt auf die Antworten, die die folgenden Bücher bringen werden.
Ich hoffe immer noch auf ein Happy End, auch wenn Jay Kristoff von sich sagt, dass er daran nicht glaubt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Pregnancy, Outing, Self harm, and Vomit

thewereraven's review against another edition

Extreme misogyny that permeated the entire book. It became impossible to overlook after

Dior was revealed to have been binding their chest

It was even transphobic in how it handled that. I no longer had any interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Cursing, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Body horror, Bullying, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

thedevouringbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Violence, Sexual content, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia

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

alyssa_simard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal death, Gore, Body horror, and Homophobia

Moderate: Torture, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

holly_n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Torture, and Sexual assault

beckybookish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Death, Murder, Gore, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Self harm

no1willnot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, War, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

It’s a book about vampire wars that centres around a religious order of vampire hunters based heavily in Christianity, so there is a LOT of blood, violence and institutional abuse

lemondifficult's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Grief

Minor: Rape

herbivorehaunts's review against another edition

one time I saw a tweet that said something along the lines of "do you think Edward uses Bella's Diva Cup as a shot glass" and I guess Jay Kristoff saw it too and got inspired.

I love vampires, but unfortunately I hated what I read of this one, so despite the hype and the beautiful cover I'm DNFing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual assault