Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

6 reviews

mariyah_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

I love Theo. That's it, that's all I have to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, and Classism

auddiev_quinn2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the best books I have ever read 100% recommended 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Child death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Genocide, Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, Bullying, Sexism, Physical abuse, Death, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Animal death, Mental illness, and War

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

sweetordinary's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

At the beginning, I was wholeheartedly intrigued and invested in the characters and plot. However, I found myself utterly dismayed and highly disappointed with the development of the main character. Her mentality has glimmers of shifting towards this powerful force; yet, moments later its dashed into a frustrating blend of selfish nativity for who she is as a character and what she's supposed to become in the future.

The political courtship navigation is a huge reason why I was intrigued to read this story. How Theodosia navigates it is quite painful to read let alone to follow along. I understand that I'm supposed to feel sympathy for her and rally behind her. However, there are events that occur which completely go off the rails because of her. Thus, my interests shift towards Blaise, Cress, Art, Heron, and Soren as more interesting lines of inquiry. I want to know more about their story, interests, personality, etc.

If I decide to read the sequel, it will be because of those characters not because of Theodosia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Classism, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, War, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Murder

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

9/10. This book was much better than I was expecting. There are not many times when I am genuinely surprised by a book, but there were two parts of the book when my jaw dropped. I also really love both of the love interests even though I am not usually a fan of love triangles. I am very much anticipating what could happen next in the other two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, War, Body horror, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

kassidyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture