Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez

11 reviews

mandareads222's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Bullying, Death, Blood, Violence, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, War, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Torture, Pedophilia, Excrement, Rape, and Animal cruelty

idesofjaim's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

I really enjoyed this introduction to the series, and it’s very evident that a greater goal of this book was to set us up with world building. As someone with a beginner’s comfort level with Spanish, the bilingual nature wasn’t intrusive to me, and I thought it integrated fine. The mix of characters, their roles, their history and their beliefs kept me engaged, and I enjoyed the protagonist’s time with the women warriors especially.

Once she left the temple, the book started to slow down some, and this is where I had to go back and re-listen to chapters in the audiobook. It didn’t keep me as engaged, but again, I acknowledge that this book is the first one and has a job to do as it leads us into the rest of the series. The audiobook narrator did an alright job of differentiating each character vocally, but I had moments where it wasn’t perfectly clear whose dialogue I was listening to. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

ladymickbeth's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

Plot: 4.5/5
World building: 4/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Writing: 3.75/5 
Grammar/editing: 2/5

In general, I enjoyed this book and the unique premise. Unfortunately, I don’t think this book was edited at all. There was some expositional elements repeated when they didn’t need to be, and there were a ridiculous amount of typos and missing or incorrect punctuation marks. There were also quite a few run-on sentences. The obvious lack of editing took me out of the story often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, and Rape

andykarnik's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.5

The summary is more a summary of the whole series than of book 1, so the pacing was way off from what I was expecting.

Overall a very enjoyable read. I'm looking forward to setups paying off in book 2, but my library waitlist is supposedly 2 months long! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape

As an FYI, the rape I tagged is threatened but does not happen. The story doesn't dwell on it, either

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Slavery, War, and Rape

sopajoh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Very few books I have read span as much time as this one does. I loved watching the characters grow up from children to young women coming into their own. 

While not an egregious cliffhanger, there's a lot unresolved by the end. So glad the sequel is already out!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, War, Trafficking, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Rape

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takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

I really loved this when it first started off! I was immediately intrigued by the concept of this child 'name-bearer' and the world building. I love a prophecy gone wrong. However, once I got about ~30-40% into the book it really began to drag plot-wise and ultimately by the end I didn't really feel as if much had happened (feels like all the action will be coming in a sequel). So ultimately a bit of a disappointment overall - if this is just a duology I might still listen to the sequel to see the conclusion of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, and Confinement

Moderate: Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and War

wy_woman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, Slavery, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bluemoon_dani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved the first half of this book, but lost some interest in the latter half. Likely due to many of the characters I grew attached to leaving. It was wonderful reading something with explicit queer and POC representation, and I found myself wanting the author to linger on more moments, rather than speeding through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Trafficking, Rape, and Xenophobia

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

This reads less like the first book in a series and more like the first half of a book