Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin

56 reviews

alyssa_dorene's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Gore, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Colonisation and Slavery

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

my_corner_of_the_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.75

After my read of To Kill A Kingdom I found myself really craving a sexy, magical pirate story. I wanted Pirates of the Caribbean meets smut…that’s how I found this book, and oh boy…I DEVOURED EVERY PAGE. 

Is this my favorite book of all time with absolutely no criticism? Not at all. But, did I love every page and did it fill my need for such a book? YES. 

So what did I love? A strong, sassy, MC who is fierce and not afraid to be the badass she is. A tall dark and handsome love interest that is smooth talking with eyes for only our MC and will slay the world to get her back. A loyal crew that is more like friends that stand by our MC through the worst of times without question. A second love interest that is poised and beautiful that falls apart for no one else. 

What didn’t I love? Well…
I hate talking bad about this book, but there were things I wasn’t a fan of. The biggest one would be Bennet’s time on the HMS Blitz. I was so looking forward to watching how Bennet navigated being part of ship that wasn’t hers and had such a different culture, but instead we spent literally the entire time in the bedroom obsessing over sex. Now I am as horny as the next smut reader, but it just seemed like too much and really started to feel repetitive and like I was missing out on any plot during that time. 

Also…I understand this was a smutty book, and I went into it with the expectations of there being a lot…but the entire plot revolved around sex, and by the end it started to feel like too much. How is it possible that throughout the entire time of this book and every situation Bennet found herself in the one and only focus and solution to any problem was sex?

Need information? Seduce, repeatedly. 
Get captured? Immediate SA attempt. 
Saved from SA attempt and need an escape plan? Seduce
Taken to another ship? Repeatedly assaulted. 
Saved from ship? Reward with sex.
Need another escape plan? Sex. 

And that’s like…only half the book. I just felt that there could have been some other focus in the book instead of everything revolving around sex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Homophobia, and Trafficking

30something_reads's review against another edition

4.5

4.5 ⭐ This was a wild read for me. I went in to this one totally blind. My thought process was literally, "Wow this is pretty," and "Oooh look pirates!" and I honestly had a great time

BUT here is the thing. This book is DARK and angsty. I was not anticipating a dark historical romance just based off the cover and description so some of this story was pretty shocking as I was going through it. LOTS of trigger warnings needed for violence, suicide, sexual abuse, rape, gore - SO MANY THINGS!!! So.... as long as you are going into this knowing ALLLLL of that - this is a really good read. 

It's the 1700s and Bennett Sharp is a badass lady pirate captain out there sticking it to the Royal Navy and slaver ships.
Her love interests are: 
Priest Farrell. Another badass pirate rake who has spent the past 2 years hunting her down for reasons. 
and Ashley Culter. Commodore for the English Navy and successful pirate hunter.

WHEW the steamy tension and spicy spice throughout this book is excellent. 

And I was VERY much appreciative of their HEA - much needed after all of the darkness in this book. YEESH.

My only real complaint was the inclusion of the rape scenes as a plot device. I think we could have gotten to the same end without it. Same for the one scene between Bennett and Ashley that moved into the nonconsensual territory. - - again, dark dark VERY dark and angsty - - but overall had a really good time with the story and the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

atgcbooks23's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and Emotional abuse

adhara13's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Infertility, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Colonisation

About one of the rape scenes:

the main character is raped by (one of) her love interests and this isn't presented as wrong (not even considered as rape within the story) because her rapist regrets it and she's in love with him.

ameliajag'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

vero_lee's review against another edition

A+ for effort. unfortunately, this isn’t my cup of tea. I couldn’t even bring myself to finish it.

 I highly recommend skipping the first five chapters, minimum.

I understand it’s a pirate story, so violence should be expected. However, I thought the amount of rape and torture was too much. Gratuitous, even.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, War, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME TW: what i listed Spoilers all the way down Bruh. She’s a respected captain, but only on her ship. And that spans only a handful of chapters. Beyond that, she’s a captive with no rights. She endures a god awful amount of trauma, from beginning to end. 14 years old. Orphaned. Sexually assaulted and beaten by her 40-something fiancé because her mother practiced sold her so they could return to proper society. Her mother, who was portrayed to be cold and abusive, had a mini redemption arc until she literally threw herself off a cliff. I can’t even begin to describe what else transpires. it’s definitely a lot.

elishaj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A Pirate Erotica. 
I completely,fell in love w both love interest. 
I felt every pain  the protagonist went through but her heart was her greatest enemy & her best asset. Her love has no borders and it’s so true and that was the driving force of the book. 
I did not expect the plot twist but it was a definitely a   surprise.
At times reading this book was extremely difficult but the author is talented. And I admire that she was able to tell this whole story in one book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

nicole_thereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

downtown_kb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Physical abuse