Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

La prescelta e l'erede by Jacqueline Carey

7 reviews

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Antisemitism, Classism, Grief, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Police brutality, Ableism, Medical content, Slavery, and Animal death

hippievamp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Death, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Self harm, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Homophobia, Misogyny, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

This one was much harder to read because of the absolute desolation that Phedra experiences. It was hard to want to keep reading when it just kept getting worse and worse for her. I'm glad I kept reading! But ouch. I do think that this one got a little too complicated for me: I kept forgetting who characters were and how they were related. But I think that's a Me Problem. Still very good. Even if Carey places the French as a god's chosen people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Torture, Grief, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Blood, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence

ambientdusk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

jashanac's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The mystery and intrigue is captivating in these books, but the pacing just kills me. It felt even slower in this second book -- the writing style itself doesn't bother me (I've seen some people say it is 'overwritten', which is a fair critique but not something I personally feel), but there's so much traveling from here to there to there to over here and back again and that kind of thing bogs me down quite a bit while reading. 

This one just had quite a few chapters/side quests that felt a bit filler-y. But I still love these characters and am very intrigued with the politics and scheming going on all the time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Confinement, Violence, and War

samuelachillese's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and War

Minor: Colonisation

anigoose's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.25

Could use more bears. 

The whole "dark ~ evil / fair ~ good" is more pronounced in this volume and the descriptions, or lack thereof of dark skinned people is pretty gross tbh. 

I remember finding this one more boring the first time around some time in the 10s via paper, but I enjoyed it more as an audiobook I think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Antisemitism

Minor: Ableism