Heart of Gaia - Content Warning

This book is intended for a mature audience.

Below is a detailed list of some content warnings for sensitive readers. Open each for a more comprehensive list of the content and what chapters they are mainly in.

Semi-Explicit Content

Violence

Chapter 1, 13, 14, 15, 28, 29, 34, 40, 41

Blood and Gore

Chapter 1, 13, 14, 15, 34, 40, 41

Death and Loss

Semi-explicit - Chapter 1, 13, 14, 15, 34
in Reference - Chapter 2, 10, 11, 25

Non-Explicit/In Reference

Sexual innuendo sprinkled throughout the entire book
Chapter 10, 22, 29, 35 - Fade to black sex scenes
Chapter 9, 19, 20, 22, 24, 29 - nudity

Slavery

Chapter 1, 2 - Rescuing slaves from a slave ship.
Chapter 13, 35 - Reference to protagonist being sold into slavery.

Physical and verbal abuse

Chapter 6 - Lorelei educating their newest member that sexual abuse can happen to anyone for any reason by using physical abuse.
Chapter 10 - Flashback to physical abuse on a female
Chapter 11 - Verbal abuse.
Chapter 13 - Torturing a male protagonist
Chapter 16 - Self-inflicted verbal abuse based on past trauma
Chapter 27, 28 - Reference to domestic abuse.
Chapter 38 - Flashback to physical and verbal abuse committed by father figure. Reference to sexual abuse.

Sexual abuse

Chapter 6 - Lorelei educating their newest member that sexual abuse can happen to anyone for any reason by using physical abuse.
Chapter 13, 14 - Potential rape scenario. The character is rescued before anything can happen.
Chapter 38 - Flashback to physical and verbal abuse committed by father figure. Reference to sexual abuse.
Sprinkled throughout the book - Self-doubt caused by sexual abuse.

Child abuse

Chapter 13 - Off screen flashback to children being abused
Chapter 38 - Flashback to physical and verbal abuse committed by father figure. Reference to sexual abuse.

Abortion and Body Rights Issues

Chapter 27 - Reveal woman was denied the opportunity to abort despite the baby killing her
Chapter 28 - Discussion of a member of the crew that decided not to abort a child of rape

Inequality (Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Ableism)

Mostly sexism, many comments about women being lesser than men. Lorelei always tends to prove them wrong. Chapters with focus on these issues

Sexism -
- Chapter 6 - Their newest member is convinced that Lorelei's problems stem from her being promiscuous
- Chapter 27, 28, 29 - The crew comes to a very traditional island where women should be seen and not heard. Many sexist comments.
Transphobia
- Chapter 24 - Reveal of a trans character and refusal to call them by their decided pronouns.
- Chapter 25 - Emir having trouble wrapping his head around the situation
Racism
- Chapter 27 - Townsfolk avoiding the dark-skinned girl
Homophobia
- Chapter 17 - Reveal a character went through "conditioning" to "cure" their homosexual tendencies
- Chapter 18, 32 - Self-doubt about exploring their difference in sexuality
- Chapter 35 - Told story of parental disapproval and disowning.
Ableism
- Chapter 12, 30 - Self-doubt. Fear of revealing disability. Feeling lesser than others because of disability.

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