Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

4 reviews

hazel_oat's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

suuuuper spicy and so much fun. i’m usually not really into graphic smut but this was well done (and lowkey hot? LOL). eagerly awaiting the sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual content, Confinement, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Grief

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

The book is... fine, I guess. The plot of riddles in a high-stakes game is intriquing, especially when it involves reluctant allies each withholding their own secrets but still slowly warming up to each other. However, the plot gets put on the back burner very often in favor for emphasizing the main characters constantly lusting over each other.

This makes the smut feel so mundane it becomes a boring diversion from the actual plot and meaningful interactions between the main characters. If the smut was rarer in the book, it would feel more meaningful and make the story more balanced.

For added shock-value, there is meaningless violence, torture, and other possibly triggering events to cause diversion for the MCs from the main game in the plot. This dampened my enjoyment of the book.

If you are looking for a book with a nice premise for plot, interesting characters, but main focus on smut, you'll find a great match here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

amberw22's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Stalking, Torture, and Physical abuse

soniajoy98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Sexual assault, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child death, Kidnapping, Suicide, Grief, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit