Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

17 reviews

aggie2010's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

adanisan's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

mmcloe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the good stuff. I don't have many words because I'm so floored but it's incredible the ways that the past haunts us and the space we inhabit. Our brief kisses with power don't make it into the story but lord how they make it into our stories all the same.

Hallucinatory, delirious prose at its best. Would love to see this read alongside Amos Tutuola or Ishmael Reed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Death

hacthoun's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

deeply dark. can definitely see why gabriel garcia marquez thought juan rulfo was everything and more.  
i really enjoyed the nonlinear approach and how disorienting and unclear the boundaries between the living and the dead were. however, it’s another novel that is horrible to every single female character and doesn’t mince words about it. pretty rough read in that sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Sexual violence, and War

saltycoffee's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Confinement, Abandonment, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Incest, Rape, and Alcoholism

Minor: War

rachaelkei's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

I fucking loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest

abbeyrk's review

mysterious reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Murder, Vomit, and Rape

taviarz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Death

vita_ayala's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Moody and contemplative, as a good ghost story should be.

The format is almost dream-like, which is onteresting to read and adds to the tension I think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Murder, Terminal illness, Stalking, Violence, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Blood, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

We lose the thread of the son somewhere in the middle, which I think ultimately makes this too loose of a story.

nozomi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

La primera mitad me pareció excelente, las descripciones una obra de arte. Luego se distancia de la parte más sobrenatural y se queda solo con la trama del pueblo y eso terminó aburriéndome un poco. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Infertility, Murder, and Trafficking