Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

10 reviews

emmjay's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The excessive footnoting can get a bit too clever and I can’t say I disagree with the “magical boob job” criticisms and the way the stakes are significantly lowered when someone capable of healing all wounds and injuries is introduced, but all in all I loved this book. I love our heroine and how she walks the line between morally gray and not. She’s also legitimately clever, not just a protagonist the author repeatedly tells us is clever. Several moments in the book made me gasp out loud with surprise. This book is VERY dark and gorey but stays just shy of gorey for gores-sake. Deep world building and I look forward to the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Torture and Animal death

Minor: Slavery and Sexual violence

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Vomit

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, and Addiction

jesusvondervogelweide's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Blood, and Death

Minor: Misogyny and Sexual violence

surelylune's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

an enjoyable book that was most certainly From A Male Author. the constant footnotes, while characterful and containing interesting worldbuilding, eventually became an utter chore to deal with. additionally, the sex scenes in this book were gratuitous and uninteresting, outside of the opening. my friends made fun of me for enjoying it, but i think the pairing of mias first sexual encounter and her first kill is interesting and sets up a potentially interesting "coming of age" plot for a young woman with a very fucked up moral compass. the prose was fun as well, the lingo used by the characters has a fun and unique style, and the action and violence is descriptive in a way that feels visceral but not bogged down in its own gore. there are reminders every now and then of the brutal bloody details that keep the image kristoff wants in your mind firmly there but not in a way that draws your attention away from the actual actions taking place.
additionally, some details concerning how the church the protagonist trains for operates is interesting, but - and i have no qualms about spoiling this - giving the main character a boob job and making her prettier is just kinda. gratuitous and annoying in a way that enhances nothing and by making it so any character can look almost any way they want, it detracts from a potentially more interesting system where assassins have very specific specialisations. im having trouble articulating the specific issue i have with this but the best way to summarise it is by restating: Male Fantasy Author.

additionally, the betrayal in the last 50 or so pages was very obvious to see coming. not so much that it was obvious ash and osrik were going to betray the church, but more that it was obvious that a betrayal of some kind was going to take place - the narrative up to that point made the ending feel predictable, if still well executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual violence

cynt's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture

339x's review

Couldn't get past the first chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual content

lettigirl101's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

t_l5's review

adventurous dark tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Slavery

scribblesandsuch's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

I enjoyed the universe and the main characters a lot. Unfortunately the narrator's voice was annoying, and at times a clumsy tool for gratuitous world building that hindered the narrative rather than aiding it. Also there was an unnecessary obsession around sex that I don't think made sense with the rest of the book. Still, I look forward to reading the sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, Gore, Death, and Blood

ashlyn's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Gore, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, and Blood