Reviews tagging 'War'

Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa

4 reviews

lizsarina's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lucyob's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

was a bit wary of this after the first few chapters but I really came around — it's very well written (fictional) account of the partition and growing up in chaos. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Rape

busybea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Stalking