Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto

107 reviews

scskye322's review against another edition

4.5

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Despite how incredibly f***ed up and disturbing this world was * content WARNINGGGS * I for some reason ate this up it kept me hooked and horrified the whole time. I wish

we actually got a little more developed w toven and briony and that he wasn’t such a little dumbass still by the end, but I did actually appreciate the full long enemies to lovers (ish) slow burn. Normally I hate but it was hitting here

I <3 Harry Potter. And handmaids tale I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

jeannis's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, War

Minor: Abortion

alisonme's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief

Minor: Bullying, Slavery

mysticserenity's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Everyone should read this book. That being said, mind the triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment

lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy

writeacat's review against another edition

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The characters were badly drawn. Motivations were muddy while the characters were "unnecessarily" cruel.  About half way thru I gave up - how can this be considered romantasy when so far the main character is the only one with romantic feelings? Bored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail

rheagoveas's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, War

nomsandrambles's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Skillful writing as always from Julie Soto! There was a tiiiny bit of disappointment with this for me: 
It was honestly very hard for me to rate this book - one of a trilogy - in complete isolation to its fic counterpart which was a standalone story. (Familiar characters always hit different.) While I certainly enjoyed the new world building, I’m looking forward to “more” in the coming books, not just plot-wise, but I felt like some character development was lacking,

and I recall that being bigger towards the end of the story. Some understandably omitted  elements were missed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, War

Minor: Abortion

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

ivissu's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War