Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

30 reviews

sebeth76's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book bears very little resemblance to the show, and I loved it. It's a little bit hard to follow, and there are a lot of minor characters that feel like they either don't make much of a difference to the plot or will never be important again, but the world expansion is really satisfying, and there's lots of character growth that feels earned and interesting. I appreciated how much the book highlighted that although the power players may have thought the war was over, the commonfolk knew better. This series continues to be brutal (although this is definitely not as dark of a book as the third book), and I continue to enjoy it immensely!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thedistortionist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Physical abuse

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child death and Incest

avazee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kingcrookback's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

Perhaps my favorite book in this series thus far? It didn't escape my notice that for all the Song of Ice and Fire series (and all its related works and franchises) is generalized as brutal, hypermasculine grimdark fantasy, and though there is cause for that, there's more nuance to GRRM's writing than I think people might be willing to admit, and I think AFFC is where a lot of that nuance is to be found. To be sure, that's a lot (a lot) to criticize about GRRM - his portrayal of women and non-"white" characters/cultures being no small part of it. That said, the POV characters in this book are generally non-conventional: they're women, they're young girls, they're disabled - they're all perspectives that contribute significant fuel to doubt this whole series casts on patriarchal feudalism, on the romanticization of might and primogeniture. George, finish the damn series, I need to know where it all goes.

Also, shout out to Jaime Lannister. Never thought this dude would cement himself as one of my favorite characters but his character development is so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

abigailpage's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

kleinreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

While I’ve heard many talk about this book as the one with “all the boring characters”—as opposed to A Dance with Dragons that is told from the perspectives of Daenerys, Jon, Tyrion, etc.—I think this was an ingenious way to divide up the story. We also got some peaks into characters we’d never met before, including minor characters you wouldn’t expect to hear from. While we are wondering what other character’s are up to, our understanding of Westeros is being expanded in a way that I found very helpful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

mmefish's review against another edition

Oh boy, the quality of the writing sure dropped significantly in this one. Maybe it's a good thing "The Winds of Winter" is never coming out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

aduda06's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Rape