Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

10 reviews

dani_reis's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Vomit

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

theespressoedition's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

It's quite possible that this is the worst book I've read all year. I still feel gross days after putting it down. I should have DNF'd, but I kept holding out hope that it would get better. It didn't. If I could give it negative stars, I would.

There is no defined plot or world-building of any kind. It's incredibly confusing and dumps you into the story expecting you to understand everything already. There are occasional mentions of a war and the history of the fae, but nothing definitive enough to help make sense of why things are the way they are.

The story opens with already obnoxious, immature teen angst romance vibes... but it’s an adult novel. Talk about something to make you cringe. I was actually pretty excited about the idea of a friends-to-lovers romance, but yeah, those hopes got dashed almost immediately when it was clear these two would never work anything out because they're both too stupid to actually talk to one another or fight for each other - instead having sex with other people and hiding their emotions.

This book is absolutely disgusting. Like, it made me feel nauseous with the descriptions of gore, sexual violence, and bodily functions happening due to torture throughout. With 60% of it happening within a really awful prison and the other 40% in a whorehouse, things are bound to get ugly... but this was on another level. I genuinely turned green around the gills a few times because of the graphic nature of the book.

Looking for spice? You won't find it here. Not really, anyways. Every sex scene is happening while the two people aren’t even together. They hate each other and can feel one another having sex with other people but they get off on it themselves????? Or something??? It didn’t even make sense. I got so tired of them feeling one another undressing and touching them while they were in two different places. Too weird.

The dialogue (and internal dialogue) was absolute trash. The protagonist was the most “I’m not like other girls” character ever. She constantly talked about how beautiful and strong she was. How self-absorbed can you be, really? Add in the “f-- you,” “you wish” dialogue and it began to read like sloppy fanfic. Just truly terrible.

I plead with you not to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Vomit and Torture

ka_ke's review

dark tense fast-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

4.75

Holy shit! I had HIGH expectations thanks to booktok and let me say they were met! The world building is impeccable, the prison was so well written you could feel what Brex was experiencing. Points lost for wasting Kek’s character (or is it?) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Sexual content, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Misogyny, War, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Rape

thetalesofabookishmom's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Not as great as all the hype but entertaining despite not loving most of the characters and thinking the main character is a sex craved idiot at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, and War

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Misogyny

Moderate: Vomit

brookebeal90's review

Main character is almost unbearable, has a serious case of 'pick me' right from the offset - All men want her, all girls hate her (unless they also want her). Was badly written, character traits were stated like bullet points, MC pointing out why people hate her (because she's too pretty, too thin, too good at fighting, os close to the guy that everyone wants - give me a break). It was also unnecessarily sexual in places where it didn't need it, and was badly done. Love interest..is not interesting, attempt at tension between the two is forced and just..boring. Made it 70% through but couldn't waste anymore time on this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

30something_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

I could not put this book down! (Luckily, I pre-emptively ordered all of the series). Fast-paced, political intrigue, slow-burn enemies to lovers. It's a contemporary/urban fantasy - the world building is not overly complicated. I really enjoyed the mix of real world and fantasy elements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Sexual content

unknown_fae's review

adventurous challenging dark tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Rape

rodes's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Racism, Gun violence, Excrement, Confinement, Bullying, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent