Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Dunkelheit by Anne Bishop, Ute Brammertz

36 reviews

artabria's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

Esté libro suele estar recomendado en foros de fantasía. No entiendo como se llegó a publicar siquiera.
La calidad de la narración es pésima y resulta imposible entender como funcionan y donde están los diferentes mundos y países que se mencionan.
Muchos de los eventos que ocurren parecen escritos por un adolescente intentan escribir sobre ciertos temas (incesto, violación, etc.) y cometiendo errores garrafales a cada paso que da.
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veleda_k's review against another edition

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3.5

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lusragray's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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wemily0's review against another edition

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This book has way to many references to pedophilia, rape, and incest for me to even try finishing it. 
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book_rascal's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I loved another series by this author so I wanted to try another by her. I don't know how this was even published! Everything from violence to child rape is covered. This was just horrifying and I don't recommend anyone read this.
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solaceinprose's review against another edition

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

1.0

I never hate read anything, but by 50% into this book and I hated everything about it. How did this book become such critical acclaim for essentially being nothing more than sexual torture and rape porn? The one redeeming factor is nothing is explicit. Thank God for small miracle, right? That said, I liked Surreal. And maybe Cook. Daemon can get shaved then broken.
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pandashiv's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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xanthatepear's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? No

2.0

The writing and characters are fantastic, but 
the sheer amount of sezual assault and pedophilia is horrifying, to the point where I'm surprised I managed to finish the book.
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luuvalladao's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


I tried to read this book a few years ago and DNF it because of the BLATANT GROOMING AND PEDOPHILIA. But after reading and loving everything else this author wrote, i decided to give it a second chance and the benefit of the doubt.

Don't get me wrong. I still find this book disturbing and problematic. And the grooming is still there (along with borderline pedophilia). But I kind of understood where it was going and I could appreciate the plot (and the other books in the trilogy).

Anyway. Beware the problematic content but great worldbuilding nonetheless.
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