Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Heartless Sky by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

13 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

4.5

This book was so nice and happy and feel good for like 80% and the last 20% just ripped my heart out. I died of laughter and also sobbed so hard. The only thing keeping this from a 5 star is the miscommunication trope. It was fine and then it just kept going and was driving me crazy but also in the best way. IT HURTS

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Self harm, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping, Torture, and Genocide

emilygibbs's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, War, and Violence

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

oh my god this was awful. i loved it but this was complete torture.. that last 10% had me holding my breath and trying to die. book 9 better be the last installment i genuinely don't know how much more of this i can take. also most zodiac academy books are long af but this is the first time i really felt the length it felt like there was way too much filler in this one. i love the characters and even enjoyed getting chapters from characters i hate bc this whole world is really fun but it just seemed to drag things out unnecessarily. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Gore, Torture, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Genocide and Abandonment

caoimhelaura's review against another edition

sad slow-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

3.0

This book was too damn long... So much filler.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

vix_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

4.0

Absolutely love this series and all the emotions I feel while reading it. The multiple points of view provide a wide understanding of the story, character development and dynamic of this series. This book had many happy moments, but in the true fashion of the authors it also had some heartbreak. Looking forward to reading the next book of the series. However, I feel that more time needs to be spent editing these books. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and War

Minor: Toxic relationship and Physical abuse

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, War, Blood, Classism, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

carysbeesbooks's review against another edition

I just didn't need to read a graphic r*** scene, regardless of how evil the guy getting assaulted is, it doesn't add to the plot at all and was clearly just added in for shock value. I already wasn't enjoying the book as much as the others because they're supposed to be at war and literally nothing is happening but yeah that scene just cemented the fact that I'm done with this series

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Cursing, Classism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, and Child abuse

somethingcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, and War

sierrajbwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

Some spoilers ahead- 

Many grammatical errors, too many POVs, and too much filler. The first half of the book could have easily been condensed. I’m also upset we couldn’t see more of Tory and Darcy’s training and learning more about themselves at Phoenixes. All we are reading while they’re training other characters POV in the Burrow and that’s it. Then we jump back to Tory and Darcy 4 months later and they have completed their training… seriously? 

I’m also at the point where I feel Tory and Darcy deserve some sort of break. We have one good thing happen for them and then many bad things that follow and end up almost negating any of the good they have experienced. I feel at some point something has to let up, but apparently the time for that is not now. 

I did finish it because I am invested now with the characters, and yes there was a lot of action at the end which I felt was good, but overall I was disappointed in the book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault