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Bloodraven (2007)

by P.L. Nunn(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Lulu.com

review 1: i liked it i give it 3.5 stars leaning to 4 stars cuz the hot smexy parts :) i found the relationship to be abusive from our standards but can be understood/excused because of the fantasy aspect of the book.one part that i really didnt like was yhalen's misogyny that persisted pretty much throughout the book via him hating and looking down on traditional female gender roles that he ended up living making him feel ashamed and using 'womanly' as the worst insult he could call himself.though it was just yhalen's issue so it wasnt that bad.though ya big violence/torture/rape warning for this book!
review 2: I’m sure many other people have said this but this book needs to come with a giant neon sign, saying “TRIGGER WARNING” because there are numerous graphic ... moreand detailed depictions of rape and torture.I might get a little spoilerish in this review but I think that there are things that people should walk in on with open eyes. Ok, so this was almost a DNF after the first few pages because I really don’t have a stomach for this grade of brutality, violence and gore especially not in combination with rape but I do believe that the first law of story telling is that you don’t kill off the obvious protagonist after a few pages, so I skipped a bit. The story continued to be a harsh one but it got better so I read on and all in all I’m very glad that I did. Apart from everything else, this is a very engaging fantasy story. Also, it’s looong and I loved that – I’ve been reading way to many shorts lately and they eff with my mind (wait, wasn’t the protagonist's name Peter? Oh, no, that was the story I read yesterday – arrgh!). This is an actual doorstopper of a book that you can sink into, with a nicely built (if not overly complicated) world, engaging characters and a good story. Ogres, sorcerers, sort of a quest, what more can you want?Having said that, it is also a book that is very much about rape. There are many, many detailed sex scenes and to my mind the first one that is not rape is about 80% into the book where for the first time consent is asked for and freely given. Strangely enough this is not as horrifying as it should be because the book actually discusses rape and it is never called anything else at least by Yhalen, who is the one who gets raped. I’m usually not a huge fan of alternating viewpoints but this time I think it actually worked because it gives us the opportunity to follow Yhalen’s journey but also Bloodraven’s. At the end of the day, I think it is a very good story that discusses morality and identity (in a very non-preachy way). What do you do with the power that is given to you? What is abuse of power? What is vengeance and where do you stop? And many, many more questions.One star off because I have a very vivid imagination and I don’t like nightmares. I really don’t. less

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