Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley

2 reviews

teri_b's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Loved the overall story ark of this book and flew through the audiobook. The narrator does an amazing job with bringing the story alive.
Loved the world building and the male characters, however, as regards female characters, they are far and few between, have much less story time and the whole story surrounding street workers and rape brought me on the brink of dnfing this book. Having seen how Brian Staveley writes female characters in his newest book I kept on going as I would say he has done in the meantime his homework on how to and how not to write female characters.

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tnau7489's review

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

2.0

Not every woman has to be “beautiful and voluptuous.” The author is insanely sexist

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