Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

35 reviews

linaanderson's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

jourdanicus's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

An incredible story. Pretty much everything about his book is loveable. I especially appreciated the theme of a narcissistic/neglectful parent, I feel the author explored very well how that affected Tarisai and how she was able to overcome that. Such believable, meaningful human themes woven into intriguing magic/fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

peachani's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"No, we don't deserve the burdens that our parents gave us. But we can't defeat monsters that we won't face."

A fantastic novel about love, duty and desire: how they can shape - or distort - who we are and who we become.

I found that the story picked up in Part 2, and from then on, I was engaged. Ifueko reveals mysteries bit by bit, which made me want to keep reading till the end. (Confession: I almost tapped out at around 90% because I thought the main story was over and everything else was filler. I am glad I continued, not only because that wasn't the case, but also because Jordan Ifueko writes nicely!)

I tried to figure out what was going on, which I don't actively do, usually... and I was wrong as hell, which I appreciate. 😂

Also of note:

• Cool to see ace representation as well, though I cannot judge whether it is 100% accurate
• The description of Tarisai's loneliness, particularly in the first book resonated with me, as a child who was often left to her own devices. Unlike Tarisai, though, I was able to make and keep friends at school and in my neighborhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Torture

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

The world building had breadth, but not depth. That combined with the fast pace made moments of this book disorienting and overly complicated. I wish we had more time to develop the characters and intricate world. I appreciated the ace representation, though I think the character was infantilized.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Death, and Death of parent

planreadrepeat's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Sexual content