Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

6 reviews

arnoldrm's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

I love this book. Very intense world building, complicated characters, dense plot. I love the setting and the alt-history feel. This book is long, but it used every page. I’ve never read anything like it. It takes a very dark premise and treats it with respect. When I realized what the book was about, I almost gave up on it - the main character is sold into sex work as a child, although she doesn’t actually have sex with patrons until she’s of age in the world’s culture. The tone and style make it so that as a reader I never felt like a voyeur, or complicit in the things the protagonist faces. Phedre is one of my favorite fantasy protagonists of all time. It’s not for everyone but to me it’s a masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Slavery, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual violence

hippievamp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, War, Rape, Slavery, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Misogyny, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

vivillini's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book is politics, politics, politics. There are DOZENS of characters, family ties, lands, and rivalries you have to keep track of. Also, there are never any mentions of emotions; it’s very cold. I like the prose, but it’s so tedious and with no exciting event on the horizon. Cool world-building, but you’re just swept from one procession to the next. 2 stars for the prose.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

karanextweek's review

3 reasons for DNF: 
1. I really hate the writing style. It’s exhausting and feels pretentious. 
2. The first 30th pages are lore. I don’t want to start a book with all back story. Tedious and boring!
3. I’m so tired of fantasy books that sexualize CHILDREN. It’s so unnecessary. I do not want to read a book about a SEVEN YEAR OLD discovering they’re a masochist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Pedophilia and Trafficking

howwoolatthemoon's review

I am not into this nearly enough for thirty+ hours, plus sequels

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abandonment, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Trafficking

anigoose's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Torture