Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Harlow und Rukh​ by Ruby Dixon

2 reviews

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

One of my favourites from the series. Rukh is sweet, Harlow is strong and consistently optimistic. The drama near the end felt a little fabricated, but I don't mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

Ruby Dixon is not getting into heaven.

She refers to a newborn infant's genitals with the same descriptors and vocabulary as she does adult genitals during sex scenes.

Rukh mentions looking at his newborn son's 'cock' and seeing it also has a 'spur'

She makes circumcision jokes. She yet again has characters consider themselves failures for their bodies being unable to support a pregnancy. Also the offensive plot of soft human girl being taken by the 'savage barbarian' who she eventually makes civilized is... so awful.

It is not worth commenting on other aspects of the plot as the stuff above is reason enough to NEVER bother with this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Death, Cancer, Animal death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Sexism, and Xenophobia