Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff

2 reviews

pandaplantain's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Homophobia, Ableism, and Sexual harassment

I wanted to read a good vampire novel and this was certainly not that.

I was meh on the last book and I really didn't enjoy this one. It started pushing me off the fence as Gabriel and his Silver Saint brother sat around and talked about how they could smell Dior's period blood and how it smelled like heaven. Then Dior was sexually assaulted in a bath tub the very second she took of the boy clothes. Then she was assaulted again immediately by the first creep's vampire sister, who cut herself riiiiiight near the groin and made Dior drink it. Dior is a lesbian, but only in the fetishized sort of way that a woman get's to be gay in a porno made for men

charles237's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Slavery, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, War, Sexism, Body horror, Trafficking, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Addiction, and Abandonment