Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

11 reviews

jackacj's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Writing this review in the middle of Ruin and Rising because I was too lazy to do it earlier.
I liked this book! It was a good continuation of Shadow and Bone. I loved Sturmhond's character, he was such a strong addition to the series. I liked the plot and the ideas of this book. However, I have issues with the execution.

Alina is at the Little Palace for a while in the book. This is mostly glossed over. I believe this was a mistake. The side characters, specifically the ones who survive the battle at the end of the book, are painfully underdeveloped. Like, seriously. Zoya is a bully. David is basically a stereotypical autistic person (I'm sorry but it's true). Nadia exists. Genya is great and all but she's in the book for like 2 minutes. These characters desperately need some depth

. Also,

I am not sure how I feel about what this book did to Mal. I really like him in the first book where he is, well. I dunno. I am feeling ambivalent about - on one hand, it makes sense, on the other, it all feels too needless .

Finally,

merzost

is sick as fuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

littletiramisu's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape

zoecrepp's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Misogyny

Minor: Gaslighting and Rape

Alina has visions of the Darkling throughout the book in which he sexually harasses her by kissing her without her consent or manipulating her into kissing him by pretending to be someone else that she desires. You find out later in the book that they were not strictly visions and that it, in a sense, was truly him harassing her. At the end of some copies of the book there is an additional chapter about Genya which contains mentions of rape

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Self harm

*kissing*

thesecretsapphic's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, War, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Rape

taliaolfindo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Death, and Murder

cassgordon's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

I got lost for interest in the middle a bit waiting for the inevitable but I loved the introduction of new characters. Watching Alina struggle with the dark within her light and newfound power kept me going through the whole book and I found that I gained new insight into characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and War

Minor: Rape

unqualified_mc's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Rape

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gingerdarling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore and Child death

Minor: Rape