Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

80 reviews

btothebooks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

0.75

The only reason I finished this book was because it was the last one I needed to finish my reading challenge for the year. Otherwise I would have DNF’ed it around 30 pages in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

omnipresent_photon's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, and Sexism

insoolee's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Gun violence

nwordsmith's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

soj19's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

readwithkelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

The descriptions of scenes were excellent. Some of the writing confused me as it went from first person to third, and breaking the 4th wall. There were pages that were difficult to follow and I didn’t know where the plot was going. 

I found parallels between Sarah and “Karen” but wasn’t sure if they’re the same person. I couldn’t tell who were real characters and who were fake, especially Manuel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

siobhanward's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

 I don't know if I didn't like the characters, or the plot, or what, but this was a slog. I'm not sure what I was supposed to be thinking while I read this book - the second part of the book was interesting as it unraveled a lot of the first part, but then the end felt detached from the rest of the book and it left me wondering what had happened (and not in a good way).

The plot was hard to stomach - a lot happens in this book that is really just hard to read, and it isn't made any better by the fact the characters feel like odd caricatures (which is explained in the second part of the book, but didn't make the first part easier to read). This book has very mixed reviews, but one reviewer put it well in that if you don't like it in the first ~50 or so pages, you won't like it at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Rape

mandi_lea's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

hollyglolightly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

It’s metafiction. 🤯 The whole point is to hate the things people say they hate, which is why you have to trust the author long enough to keep going to parts 2 and 3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Abandonment