Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto

155 reviews

kendallsings's review against another edition

1.0

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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A whole lot of nothing. Auctioning of slaves. Bystanders to sexual assault on multiple occasions, masked as "showing off their property". Stockholm syndrome? Literally nothing plot wise happens in this entire book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment

shannonjoyce's review against another edition

3.75

slow-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: Yes

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Ok I will be continuing with this series, but this book was unnecessarily long & drawn out without much plot progress. Now if it had some kind of payoff for the reader, fine, but for me it was just a frustration of lack of communication. The two MC’s seemed so irrationally dumb. But hopefully they figure their shit out in the next book?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sierrareads103's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent

marirene's review against another edition

4.0

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Julie Soto has a way of making me feel what her characters are feeling and empathizing with them and their predicaments even if I don’t actually like the characters. She also writes spicy scenes very well. I’ve enjoyed everything else I’ve read by her and this fits that bill. It’s not perfect. I wasn’t in a headspace to enjoy another story of a male-led world where women are subjugated and oppressed. That’s on me, not the author. I really had a hard time stomaching all the virginity = purity talk. I understand it was the bad guys doing it, but I was just so over it :D I understand this story was inspired by other author’s work and originally a fan fiction, but honestly that had zero bearing on the enjoyment or understanding of this story. I think the publishers did J. Soto a disservice by marketing it so heavily as a fan fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War

friedefreudefredie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Ich hatte keine großen Erwartungen an dieses Buch. Eine Fanfiction über Draco und Hermine? Ja gut, kann man mal lesen...
Aber wie wurde ich überrascht! Fanfictions sind nun mal nicht zu unterschätzen. Julie Soto hat sich eine ganz besondere Geschichte ersonnen, die für mich (als Harry Potter Laiin) nicht viel mit der Potter Welt zu tun hat. Aber es gab gewisse Anspielungen. Nichtsdestotrotz überzeugt das Buch auch ohne Hintergrundwissen.
Neben den ganzen Gewaltdarstellungen, ekelhaften Männerfiguren und wirklich dunklen Machenschaften überzeugte vor allem Brionys und Tovens Beziehung zueinander. Ich liebe gute slow burn stories. 
Auch das Magiesystem und sämtliche Charaktere sind einleuchtend gestaltet. Es gab für mich eigentlich fast nichts, was zu verbessern wäre. Manches war mir nur zu vulgär, aber das passte halt zur Buchwelt.
Die Kritik, dass das Buch zu langsam in Fahrt kommt, kann ich übrigens nicht verstehen. Ich fand es ab der ersten Seite spannend lol. Und gespannt wie ein Bettlaken muss ich jetzt auf die nächsten Teile warten - oh Man. 
PS: Das sage ich selten, aber mir gefiel sogar das Ende.
PPS: Durch dieses Buch habe ich einige neue Wörter gerlent haha. Z. B. "grienen".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence

Moderate: Rape, Grief

rhiannonaradia's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, War

Moderate: Rape

alexandcats14's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt

lisademar's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Sexual assault

klara_lovelace's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Es war ein wirklich gutes Buch und ich werde auf jeden Fall, denn nächsten Band lesen, jedoch war er ,besonders in der Mitte, etwas schleppend und es wurden immer wieder Sachen wiederholt. Ich weiß, dass es mal eine fanfiction war, bei denen solche Wiederholungen oft nötig sind, da zwischen den Kapiteln viel Zeit liegt. Trotzdem bin der Meinung man hätte das, vor der Veröffentlichung, beheben müssen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

queenkulfi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: No

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Best romantasy I’ve read in a long time, I love Julie Soto! This was awesome and the world building was SO well done. I know this is based on a HP FF but it’s clear that this is really its own world. Im so excited for books 2,3 because the world she’s made and plot she’s wove is so compelling!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Trafficking

Themes are dark, main character is a prisoner of war and are sold after, bad things happen to her and her friends.