Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

8 reviews

im_basil's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

It’s a bit slow at the start but the mystery just builds until you can’t put the book down! :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

emilycfox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

I love the additions to the Graceling world in this book! I especially enjoyed the Keeper(?) perspective and the interactions with the silbercows. I also thought that Lovisa as a character was very complex, and it was refreshing to see a teen in YA acting like a teenager instead of a small adult. very excited to pick up the next installment! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Animal death, and Death of parent

margaret_k30's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Blood, War, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

Drowning. Slut shaming. Starvation. Relationship between characters who are currently both adults, but almost definitely met when one was around 10 and the other was an older teenager/adult.

aseel_reads's review

adventurous slow-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

4.0

loved all the twists and turns this plot, big fan of how the world expanded and loved the characters as always

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Confinement, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

etosaurus's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault and Animal death

remedyreads's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

So, first, I must say that my reading of this was colored by the experience I had reading the previous Graceling books.  I did not really expect the characters to have aged so much between books and so that threw off my perspective a bit.  I think the adventure and the plot were both fine and in line with previous books with this series.  I did read it all in one day, after all.  However, I found that the way sex and intimacy were used as points of character development or to age characters felt random and unnecessary.  I think I wanted to be shown more character development that hinged on creating and maintaining relationships so that I could connect with them more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault