Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

79 reviews

nekomeith's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.25

It's supposed to romance but there is no indication that the main characters will or even should fall in love...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia

eelka's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

amallard's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Sorry for reading this. I'm not proud of me either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

paper_aphid's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I have many thoughts about this book. while reading it, it felt like slowly putting pieces of a puzzle together. the writing style is beautiful and very very thought out; even the small details end up meaning something and it gave me so many "ohhhhhhh" moments. Damen was my fav throughout the whole book, he seems very real to me - his emotions are believable, as well as his reactions to things. I enjoyed reading from him point of view very much! as for laurent,,, I'm nit gonna lie it took me a good while to warm up to him. at first I was like "this is the guy we are supposed to root for as a love interest??" but then as we get to know him more, he seems less sadistic and the way he thinks makes more sense. the writer did a wonderful job keeping us on the same wavelength as Damen! we learn with him and our opinions change along with his. my only qualm with this book was that I wish that

Damen's sexual assault was treated more like seaxual assault than it actually was. I just feel like it was sort of brushed over? the disgust with other slaves being assaulted was made known for sure but it almost felt like since Damen is super masculine and well built, it's like not a big deal.

idk, maybe this is something that will be addressed in the next few books, so I won't hold it in my heart too permanently. 

the side characters were also very enjoyable, I love all the other slaves mentioned. the regent is so unsettling though, sooo so.... 

I will say that this is the type of book you have to be mentally ready to read. I've owned it for years, but knowing the content warnings, I had to take a step back and wait until I felt ready to handle such heavy topics. with that said, I am looking forward to the next book in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent

depressionesque's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Confinement, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, War, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

cyancookie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Xenophobia, War, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury

turbulentcrust's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, and Sexual assault

radelyn's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart but I think this is a pretty good start to a trilogy, though I really need to stop reading slow burn and getting mad when the burn is slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

natnat_7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, War, Slavery, Drug use, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy