Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Le Maître des illusions by Donna Tartt

166 reviews

archiedh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

alyx7564's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Biphobia, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

tea_kettle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Incest, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Animal death, and Antisemitism

samcanuel's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

Whatever I expected going into this book, I certainly did not get. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book. It was extremely well-written, with great foreshadowing and beautiful prose. It was dark and a little sublime, but not unrealistic.

I was a little scared how easily I was convinced that not one, but two different murders were justified. I was just as much of a bystander as Richard was in this story.

It reminded me a bit of Bunny by Mona Awad, so if you liked that book I would recommend this one. It felt like a classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Murder, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Death, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Car accident, Classism, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

erlhu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Drug abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault

elfhiem's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, and Incest

kelseyr713's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

2.0

I appreciated this on a technical level, but there is so little happening (in terms of plot) from page to page and it’s just not what I’m looking for in the contemporary books I read. I love this level of detail in science fiction or fantasy or speculative novels, but I don’t think it’s necessary here.

It definitely made the English Literature major part of my brain light up again though. I was thinking about essay topics as I read (the amount of character analysis alone…)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Murder, Classism, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Xenophobia, Drug use, Abandonment, Incest, Blood, Car accident, Antisemitism, Racism, Rape, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Violence

ursulazc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

myorareraa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I have to say that I went into this thinking it was "dark-academia-fun" but in it's first spin it was 1. true crime, 2. commiting crimes on a daily basis, 3. Incest, 4. sudden romance, 5. "betrayal?" 6. more death and at it's peak, homophobic and simultaneously, homosexual. 
I love this book, and I hate myself for loving it. 
A lot of people say, that the writing is too dense. It really isnt!!!! It feels like any person with a degree in English could have written this AND THAT IS THE CHARM BC THE NARRATOR IS A PERSON WITH AN ENGLISH MAJOR. 
The writing felt real and I did sometimes forget that this book is fictional bc of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Drug use, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gore, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

soswiin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

you want me to make friends in college? the thing that killed bunny corcoran? 

reread because i just couldn't understand the point of this when i first read it three years ago. felt like reading a brand new book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse