Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe

2 reviews

evieolive's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Liked the writing style very much - not a big fan of the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Antisemitism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Toxic friendship, Sexism, and Infidelity

hannahlamond's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Quite a hard read to get through, often hailed as the first novel so the form isn’t what we expect as modern readers. A very interesting exploration of the ideas of selfhood, redemption and sin. Lots of themes a bit jarring to modern readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child abuse