Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin

5 reviews

readyourbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Rape, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Homophobia, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

adhara13's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Infertility, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Colonisation

About one of the rape scenes:

the main character is raped by (one of) her love interests and this isn't presented as wrong (not even considered as rape within the story) because her rapist regrets it and she's in love with him.

vero_lee's review against another edition

A+ for effort. unfortunately, this isn’t my cup of tea. I couldn’t even bring myself to finish it.

 I highly recommend skipping the first five chapters, minimum.

I understand it’s a pirate story, so violence should be expected. However, I thought the amount of rape and torture was too much. Gratuitous, even.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, War, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME TW: what i listed Spoilers all the way down Bruh. She’s a respected captain, but only on her ship. And that spans only a handful of chapters. Beyond that, she’s a captive with no rights. She endures a god awful amount of trauma, from beginning to end. 14 years old. Orphaned. Sexually assaulted and beaten by her 40-something fiancé because her mother practiced sold her so they could return to proper society. Her mother, who was portrayed to be cold and abusive, had a mini redemption arc until she literally threw herself off a cliff. I can’t even begin to describe what else transpires. it’s definitely a lot.

krifz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

bybookandbone's review against another edition

There's just so much sexual assault, rape and abuse faced by the MC who for some reason, doesn't seem to mind? What is this?? 
I'm not someone who needs a book to not include rape or sexual assault but I cannot stand when it's not given the gravity it needs or just used to make the 'love interests' seem not so bad (saying that, one leaves the MC to be raped and is considered to have 'rescued' her when he stops 40 pirates from continuing... he's the nice love interest) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Confinement

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence