Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

49 reviews

wiktoria88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

sadiebreed's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Trafficking and Slavery

Minor: Rape

sporemiette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Rape, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

shoohoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Rape, Slavery, Child abuse, and Trafficking

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Genocide, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

sophbeatles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

Yet again, this book reminds me of just how much I love to read. Strange the Dreamer is a formidable duology that I would highly recommend to anyone who loves romance, angst, incredibly likable characters and amazing world building. Really hope that we'll have more of Laini Taylor's beautiful writting soon! :)

This was my second time reading this book and I was suprised at how much I actually really liked 

the Kora and Nova storyline! First time reading it, I just wanted to get to the main character's plot line but this time, I was really able to enjoy this part of the story as well.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Slavery

daydreamermoonwalker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

I liked this more than the first book because I thought the plot picked up a lot faster. I loved Serai and Minya's character development, and several of the side characters got really interesting development too. My only complaint is that Lazlo was a pretty static character. His whole purpose and personality in this book was his love for Serai, while she had motivations outside of her relationship with him. There was a subplot with some side characters that was gripping and achingly sad which I absolutely adored. I also loved the themes of forgiveness and redemption. Overall I think that if you liked the first book, you'll like this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Trafficking

angelareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

aimeereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

minya, thyon nero, and calixte are the only characters that made this bearable
the plot swerved so suddenly and so out of the way of my expectations??
there was so much backstory?? maybe 40% of the book actually happened in the present? and everything just ties back to characters that are already d***
there was a wide array of povs and interesting characters, but not enough interesting interactions or any actual growth?
also, the reveal of weep's hidden name? a letdown if i ever saw one

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Trafficking