Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

97 reviews

delvainy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I remembered that this was my least favorite of the series, but I couldn’t remember why until I reread it. It’s not a bad book, and I think dealing with the emotional ramifications of a world with such an evil suddenly purged makes sense. I just didn’t really like the main characters in this one (Bitterblue grown up, Saf, and Giddon are all just meh to me and sometimes even frustrating). Characters are the most important part of a story to me, and as much as I liked the glimpses of Katsa, Po, and Fire (I wonder Cashore intended to make Bitterblue seem at least half in love with Katsa?), it wasn’t enough to fully get me through the scenes of characters I didn’t like. However, I see that it is a necessary part of the story in this world and liked the insight given. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Gaslighting

readingrat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Trafficking

aengblom's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

 

I enjoyed getting to be reunited with characters from the last few books like Katsa, Po, Bitterblue, Raffin, Bann, Fire, etc. BUT this book just felt very slow to me. I was really looking forward to learning about a new Kingdom but it was just a 500+ page story about recovering from Leck's mind control aka good people are traumatized by the bad things they were made to do. I was hoping to move on from Leck as the villain but was sorely disappointed. Also, Fire's small reappearance was underwhelming. I still am happy I read the book and got more background on the Graceling Realm/characters. This just is sadly, to me, not as interesting as the first two books.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

lwooters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

lubotomy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

gingerbread814's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Torture

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, and War

Human and animal experimentation. Strangulation/suffocation. Mind control, overriding/alteration of will (mostly discussed/aftermath). Abuse and sexual violence, including of children, are described frankly, but not extremely actively or graphically depicted on-page.

bencaroline's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

bookdragonshay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Murder

stoopy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Self harm

Minor: Animal cruelty