Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

43 reviews

kigoe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, War, and Sexual violence

trinidad_gondi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Sexual violence, Death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Incest, Blood, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, and War

annagarland's review against another edition

Honestly the incest and how it was framed got to me. That particular theme comes up a lot in his other novels but I just couldn’t do it this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

elessahr's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child death, War, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Incest, Rape, and Torture

inlibrisveritas's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

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

4.5

 who knew I'd end up loving a fiction history textbook more than the actual series I'm still waiting to end.
The dragons deserved better though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Gore, and Incest

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

diedaahh's review

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Reads like a history-book. Might be confusing because of the many names that are recycled generation after generation (HOTD watchers: your Aegon doesn't exist until about the 65% mark) 

Other than that is the worldbuilding truly something else. The sheer amount of characters, motives, betrayal, political shenanigans and details is nothing short of impressive.

The book stopped being engaging to me after

Rhaenyra and Alicent died, but that might just be my gay ass

I'd recommend this book to readers who like high fantasy + dragons, don't mind telling over showing along with sparse dialogue and enjoy being a fly on the wall listening to the most dysfunctional family in Westeros 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, War, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Colonisation, Confinement, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Toxic relationship

roznn's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child death, Infertility, Torture, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Racism

amsu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? No

3.25

I never enjoyed reading a history book more. Despite its lengths I was happily reading along. I would only recommend this book to people that have read the Song of Fire and Ice Books beforehand, since this book is literally a history book of the reign of the Targaryen's. So you have to love the world to enjoy this. 

My favourite part of the book was the reign of Jaehaerys and Alysanne the most intriguing and was deeply gutted by the following Dance of the Dragons,which destroyed all of their achievements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Incest, and Homophobia

savaha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, Incest, Miscarriage, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexism, Murder, Infidelity, and Death of parent

sapphic_shroom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Torture, Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Blood