Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

15 reviews

fongyay's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

lallalettrice's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Blood, and Colonisation

merle98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great book but I am detracting 0.5 stars for the fact that every single female character in the book is either a food-providing wife/mother, a love interest or sexual partner or being brutally raped/tortured/killed off to advance the male protagonist's plotline (or a mix thereof).  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

julianship's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective 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

4.5

4.5 stars. By turns bleak and witty, this was such a satisfyingly unsettling read. I would check content warnings with this one (for perhaps obvious reasons) but the prose is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Murder, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jthuctran's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

 a lot to think about. it was overall a meaningful read - something that'll stick with me for a long time.  

the big critique i have with this is that the middle section aka the bulk of the book

(where he goes to work on that film abroad, and later gets injured at his mother's fake grave)

felt as though it was just one big filler episode. i didn't quite see the point in it, there was some meaning in it but it felt like it dragged on for longer than it should have, and i was praying and praying for it to be done with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship