Reviews tagging 'War'

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

3 reviews

sphjnx's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Trafficking, War, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Slavery, Colonisation, and Infidelity

Minor: Xenophobia and Misogyny

It's a bit hard to classify some of the content, so I'll describe it more in detail. Long story short:

the main character's parents are rather graphically killed, after which the mc is taken prisoner, sold to a slave dealer, forcibly castrated, and sold to a new master who then pimps him out non-consensually. This is all while the mc is a minor.

Also:

the mc is a teenager when he begins his relationship with the primary love interest, who is in his twenties.

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, War, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Vomit

wrensandroses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death