Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Room by Emma Donoghue

15 reviews

vigilantiwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

TW: Very dark!!! Read with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Rape

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Torture, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest, Trafficking, Car accident, Gun violence, Abortion, War, Animal cruelty, Transphobia, and Drug use

jedimomtrix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

superiour_medium's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Trafficking

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death

kayjpggg's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked how it is in a child’s point of view and even after the big event, I was still intrigued. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Self harm

a_hughes910's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Drug abuse

amareenicole11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

What a unique story-telling experience. Compelling and heart-breaking, we are taken through the heartache and pains of a 5-year-old boy and his mom who are trapped in a trafficking situation. 

The story is told through the perspective of the child, so the narrative is told by a 5-year-old. It took me a while to get used to this at the beginning, but once I was, I couldn't put the book down. 

The attention to detail was extremely realistic and made the story that much more real. The events that took place were hard to comprehend but completely traumatic. It goes through the beginning, the living in captivity, the escape, the aftercare, and the future of these two people and the reality of being kidnapped and then thrown back into the real world after 7 years. 

Truly heartbreaking and eye-opening to realize this book is a reality and things like this happen everyday in plain sight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Vomit, Trafficking, and Suicide attempt

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Took a while to get adjusted to the story coming from a 5 year olds perspective but I was thankful it was because I don’t think I could have read this book if it had been from the mom’s. It was not an easy read, emotional and heavy but I had to know how it ended and I knew there was some hope for the ending. There were some details that felt pointless and sometimes I didn’t fully believe the narrator was a 5 year old child, but overall a thought provoking story that will stay with me for a while. It is scary to think this book is loosely based on a true story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Sexual assault, Confinement, Rape, and Pregnancy

k8lynn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

ending had me in tears

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Rape

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Vomit