Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

32 reviews

cedmnds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

perfect perfect oh my god ! so so good . the characters were so well written , and the plot was interesting and also not that hated to follow, which can sometimes be difficult with fantasy books . the world-building was amazing and easy to understand. it also had such good political commentary on sex trafficking and violence against women .

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Trafficking

mothman19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

mckinleyrae316's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

As much as I love queer books, this book is insanely triggering and should not be read by anyone who feels as though they might not be able to handle it, I feel as though I shouldn’t have read it. Please make yourself aware of the content of the book before reading. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

missazane's review against another edition

challenging sad 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? No

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Outing and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

Very graphic animal abuse at beginning of book

girlinrei's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Slavery, and Trafficking

starvation content

sarah984's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

I liked this book a lot. It's an Asian-inspired dark fantasy, and managed to make the world feel big despite about ninety percent of the book taking place inside the palace grounds. The characters were great and showed a variety of ways that people react to trauma. Lei’s impulsiveness sometimes annoyed me, but she's seventeen so it makes sense.

Heading into the ending I was expecting this to be five stars, but the actual ending feels rushed (I feel like almost as much happens in the last 20 pages as in the entire rest of the book) and one plot point, while not really surprising, disappointed me.

Overall though the book was great and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Vomit

There is a scene involving a public execution.

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

kristinbookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, and Death

rosies_book_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

ktauran90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Trafficking