Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Kråkornas fest by George R.R. Martin

10 reviews

c_boggs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Pedophilia

mrsmishler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, War, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Ableism, Violence, Sexual violence, Child death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Confinement

kkalicky94's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, War, Slavery, Violence, Bullying, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Incest, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Incest, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Body shaming, Slavery, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

rthr's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The best approach to this book is to read slowly and carefully. Hints and double meanings abound, and you’ll find treasures in the mundane passages if you pay attention. Truly a great work but not easily appreciated as a quick read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

pickledlettuce's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

A bit of a slow burn, but a great book. I loved seeing the varied POVs from around the Seven Kingdoms, and GRRM proves again that he is a master of character.

EDIT: I bumped it up to a five. Aside from Storm, this is the best character work I’ve read in a book. We get fantastic dialogue, inner voice, and POVs from cultures and characters we hardly ever see. The King’s Landing and Ironborn chapters were among my favs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Colonisation, and Sexual assault

Although it is not explicit, there are multiple mentions of adults saying sexually violent things about children. It’s brief, but be aware.

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

This one went on and on and on and on and on and on.......... also the rape convos seemed to increase exponentially?? I am still invested tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, War, and Rape

Minor: Physical abuse, Ableism, and Child death

spworley's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Incest, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

booksnbarristers's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD. AS WELL AS COMMENTARY ON THE TELEVISION SERIES.
FAIR WARNING.

A Feast for Crows follows some of the least likable characters in the entire series, i.e. Cersei and the Greyjoys. Jamie continues his character development, and we get a good round backstory on Brienne. But Feast of Crows does feel at points like a filler for the series, rounding out some of the finer points of GRRM's world building, especially in places we rarely saw but heard of in the first 3 books: Dorne and Oldtown, of note.

Speaking of Dorne, this was the best part of the book. In the TV show, Dorne's involvement in the politics of the Seven Kingdoms is pretty much eliminated. Adding the Martell family and the true power they wielded as one of the Seven Kingdoms and putting the Martell family on equal footing as the other liege lord families (Lannister, Stark, Tully, Arryn, Baratheon, Tyrell) adds another chess piece to the board that is the Game of Thrones.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Incest, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual content