Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

9 reviews

spiderelsa's review against another edition

5.0

Oh wow, I didn't know what I was getting into with this book, and it's been a real journey. Engaging all the way through. Sometimes stressful, sometimes beautiful, sometimes harrowing. With love woven throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

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

jonezzzing's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, War, and Trafficking

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Rape

zone_a3's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

5.0

This book is a political intrigue, erotica, epic fantasy.  In that order.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment

strawberrypinch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Alcohol, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

reading_rainbows's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

This is very much an epic. Though we stay with the main character Phedre, there is a lot of detail about a lot of people that I mistakenly tried to keep up with.  If you like lots of details to keep track of you might just love this book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Sexual violence, Trafficking, War, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

meganphilippa's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Rape

micaela11's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Trafficking and Sexual violence

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