Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

196 reviews

milfmarner's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i definitely realized a little way through the book, this is definitely not for me. to an extent, i understand why people enjoy the series, but many of the developments towards the end felt very... sudden? i will not be finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

m4ximus_pr1m3's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Confinement, Slavery, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Kidnapping, War, Death, and Grief

jaxtongray's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

lunahale's review

tense fast-paced

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

3.5

i read this for the first time a few years ago, but by the first twenty pages of my reread, i realized that i didn’t remember ANY of this. some names were familiar and i remember the basic plot but everything else felt new. so it was fun to read this again, and i’m happy i did. i remember likening the second and third books more so i’m excited to keep going

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

issyharvey's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, Incest, Miscarriage, War, Abortion, Animal cruelty, and Torture

samara_surface's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Slavery, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

astrozombies's review against another edition

challenging 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

1.25

this book has no message, gives nothing of substance, and lacks any meaningful commentary. the main character is flat and emotionless for 90% of the story, the other 10% being where he is horny beyond reason. the future love interest is wholly unforgivable, even with the very obvious tragic backstory that is soon to come. 
this book contains gratuitous displays of violence and assault accompanied by some of truly the worst depictions of victims to the point where you ask yourself “is the author enjoying this?” and, worryingly, it seems as though the answer is yes.
the entire plot hinges on the truly wild assumption that nobody in the entire novel would recognize the face of the prince of a sovereign nation. really? you’re saying there was not a single important military figure in the veretian court? do portraits not exist in this world? but honestly, this convenience is something i can get over.
what i can’t get over is the overarching fact that NOTHING MATTERS IN THIS BOOK! nobody learns any lesson.
the differences between slavery in the two nations are seemingly negligible however we are meant to believe that one country is better than the other, and that the slaves in both are happy, actually, unless they’re in the other nation. crazy.
i’ve read dark rise before reading this book but going into this with that (terrible) novel as reference really colors the questionable choices pacat made in hindsight. wild

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Incest and Violence

caleb_booktraveller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

emilynied's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

It's clear why this book is so controversial and why there are so many mixed feelings. I think this book and Pacat go further than other fantasy authors are willing to go as far as gore and heavy topics - ones that the reader is confronted with as the novel's plot and the fantasy world unfolds. Just because, however, you feel gross and disgusted by it, doesn't necessarily mean it's bad - I think instead it confronts the reader even more about the content and moral questions that are raised.

And this book confronts so many intricate, interesting moral questions. What is good and what is bad? How far are you willing to go to survive? What are you willing to do? I don't think these questions were necessarily glorified, I think they were uncomfortably confronted. We see everything through a foreigner's eyes and the interactions between each and every character are approached so precisely. The relationships that we start to see build and the characters that are revealed were really interesting to read about so I would recommend trying this book out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

chaptermaggot's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy