Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

5 reviews

deussaxmachina's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

2.0

Ugh. This book was FAR too long for what it was. I liked the story, but I hated the meandering storytelling. I wanted to like it more, but I was just toooooooo bored most of the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Death, Mental illness, Abortion, Gun violence, and Suicide

bedtimesandbooks's review

dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Trafficking, Abortion, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

somethingviola's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

It was thrilling in parts, but overall by the end it felt like a lot of buildup for the characters I cared about the most without a lot of conclusions or satisfaction for them in the end.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Drug use

schopflin's review

funny fast-paced

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

3.5

Not her best. There are so many characters that it's a fair way in until you get someone to sympathise with and start to care what happens next. I wasn't always convinced by the setting.  But it was a fast and fun read and there was a subtle point made in the end about the disposability of women's lives compared to men's. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Gun violence