Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

59 reviews

forestthieves's review against another edition

One of the worst things I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Misogyny, Murder, and Incest

tilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Bisher kannte ich die Welt nur durch die Videospiele und durch die Netflixserie. Letztere hatte mich dann überzeugt, die Buchreihe zu lesen und der erste Band ist sehr vielversprechend. Ich habe genau das bekommen, was ich erwartet habe: Interessantes Fantasysetting, mehr Hintergründe zur Welt und den Charakteren, vor allem aber sehr gut geschriebene Abenteuergeschichten. Am meisten beeindruckt war ich von den wahnsinnig gut geschriebenen Kampfszenen, die mich sehr inspiriert haben, da mir solche beim Schreiben meiner Geschichten schwer fallen und ich hier hilfreiche Strukturen erkennen konnte.
Wenn die weiblichen Charaktere in den Geschichten nicht stark dargestellt wären und vor allem keine eigene Ambitionen hätten, die nicht zwingend auf Männern gebaut wären, hätte mich der doch sehr präsente Sexismus der männlichen Charaktere gestört. Letztendlich wirkt es aber für mich eher so, als ob die Gesellschaft in dieser Saga eher auf Frauen herabschaut, auch wenn der Autor diese Ansichten nicht in seinen weiblichen Charakteren in die Tat umsetzt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

kay222's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Incest

goizi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, and Violence

barbarahowe's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest

myladyreads's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this!  I read this because of the TV show, but I had no problem separating the TV show from the books.  I was picturing the TV characters as the characters in the books.  

I really enjoyed how some of the stories in this book were clearly based on classic fairytales. The stories did a good job of alluding to the stories without being direct retellings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Incest, Infertility, Rape, and Sexual assault

corvid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

onceuponabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexism, Rape, and Misogyny