A review by laurareads87
Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett

Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

I'm not going to give this one a rating as I've stopped reading around the 50% point.  There is a lot that I love about this book thusfar -- the worldbuilding is intricate and compelling, the multiple points of view are distinct and each interesting in their own way, the plot is moving at a good pace and keeping me interested, and the writing is stunning.  I would absolutely read more of Jennifer Marie Brissett's work based on what I've read of this book.  The reason that I am not finishing the book I'm going to put behind spoiler tags -- it contains no plot spoilers but it relates to the content warning on the book + I recognize not everyone will want to read it.

The repeated scenes of sexual violence are just not something I can read right now -- I will note that I read adult fiction exclusively and absolutely read content warning provided so did expect some content related to this; however, I was not prepared for how graphic it would be, and in particular for repeated graphic scenes of sexual assault committed against children.  For the sake of my own well-being, I have to put this one down for now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence