Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

14 reviews

amalyndb's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion, Torture, and Miscarriage

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Abortion, Cursing, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Rape, Classism, Domestic abuse, Death, Violence, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

thirza's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

bookwyrmsam's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Ended up being pretty disappointed in this book, despite loving the first hundred or so pages. The book ended up feeling aimless and meandering and as we got closer and closer to the end of this standalone I realized the book wasn't going to focus on the things I wanted to know more about or answer the questions about the world and the magic that have been raised. I really disliked the romance in this book which became a heavier focus near the climax than I anticipated, and I wasn't really satisfied with the conclusion that our protagonist was given compared to her desires and goals throughout the book. I knew going into this that it reads more like historical fantasy than a direct Rapunzel retelling, but I definitely need to reiterate that here: don't go into this looking for a Rapunzel story. I'm not mad I read this, but I probably won't revisit it. There were elements I loved but the execution didn't work out for me. However there were enough positives that I would still recommend giving it a try if you were interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Torture

bookishrn93's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I love a good fairy tell retelling, especially one from the villains POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

emmarie's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Grief, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Torture, Abortion, and Infertility

This book had such a potential to be great. The concept is amazing, but was not executed in the best way. The plot is SLOW. The royal family dynamics are so confusing it’s nearly impossible to know who is related to who and how. I wish more of the journalist’s perspective was in there. I gave it 3 stars because the last 25% of the book was quite good and the concept was brilliant. It started moving fast then. The first 75% droned on to the point I would accidentally skip lines and have to force myself to reread.

qrschulte's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

What a fantastic retelling. Takes the well-known story and turns it on its head, shattering expectations. I love a book with a good framing narrative, and this was no exception. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Classism, Chronic illness, Death, Body horror, Abandonment, Blood, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual assault

Minor: Antisemitism, Suicide, Torture, Miscarriage, and Animal death

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This was just beautiful. I loved both the story and the way it is told. I don't really think it needed to support itself in the Rapunzel tale, but it works and the mentions to other fairy tales work too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

apolloann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

rookdigoo's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry