Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

5 reviews

marinou00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

madravingintrovert's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 

I broke my rules with this series. I normally won't start a new book without reviewing the previous one first. I also try to review each book individually regardless of it being in a series. This series was just that good all the way through. 

Page turner to the max that had me screaming and rage quitting the book only to pick it up 5 minutes later and keep going. There are a few more triggers than I could list but really just know that this takes place in a post-world war setting and is dark in multiple ways. 

Two other triggers worth noting are drug and alcohol use. 

100% I would recommend this to others as long as they are okay with the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, War, Rape, Sexism, and Slavery

megatron1560's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I had high hopes for this book and this author. The premise of the book seemed so cool and full of potential but I was sorely disappointed. Sooooo much effort goes into explaining exactly how hot Brexley (I hate this name) is that the plot pretty much disappears. And the other main character! We get. They’re both hot. And when scenes come into play that are supposed to be sooooo dangerous that no one possibly could survive Brexley does because she’s such a badass that she just thinks to herself to stop vomiting from the pain. Constantly. I knew this was a series when I picked up the first book but if you were hoping to find yourself getting questions answered you’re going to have to pick up the next books. I refuse. Rated 2.25 stars because I finished it, there are some lovable side characters, and I think she had a good idea but couldn’t flesh any of it out in book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

barelykaidence's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Everyone's hyping up this book, and I was a victim to that hype. It didn't meet expectations for the level of praise placed upon it.

The gratuitous misogyny and abuse: It felt like the author just piled it on for the sake of piling it on. So edgy. Very sharp. I could be "fine" with it if the abuse was a demonstration of rock bottom for our main character, but as soon as she finds herself on better footing, she laments that corsets are worse torture than the death camp she just experienced. You're telling me I read 200+ pages of violence at the far end of the spectrum expecting it to hold some sort of impact/value to the character (trauma, rock bottom, etc) only to be told in levity that the main character thinks corsets are worse? What was the point of making me read sexual assault every eight pages if it wasn't going to pay off or affect the character in some way? 

"I had worn dresses with bodice tops- they were worse than any torture device [the death camp] could think up" 

Fuck out of my face with that nonsense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: War