Reviews tagging 'Rape'

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

30 reviews

cilly_karma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A classic fiction that is sometimes ill-paced and a bit odd comparing to the masterful writing of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, but a plaisant read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

enim's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

It is mentioned, implied and

almost happens to a main character

rainbownoir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

martharosen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death, Rape, Violence, Animal death, and Stalking

firesoulbird's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

Enjoyed it, though not as much as the His Dark Materials trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Grief, Blood, Death, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

wolfthorn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

 I have to say that it's not the most exciting book to start off with. It's really slow and nothing happens for about half of the book. It definitely got better once the flood appeared, there was more excitement after that point.  Just a shame that it took so long to get to it!  There were some parts towards the end that didn't make a lot of sense:

the island with the odd lady, and the garden

.  I'm not sure if they'd have made more sense if I'd read the full series.  I did like

the river god

though, that was nicely done.  

There's also some parts which I have found to be rather unsuitable for a children's/YA book. There's two mentions of paedophilia, two different characters have a known attraction to young children, one for girls and one for boys. The main character is an eleven year old boy and there's a discussion about using him as bait in order to blackmail the relevant character! There's also a vague sex scene, although it's more along the lines of 'these two characters are having sex' rather than anything graphic. That all makes for rather uncomfortable reading. However, the attempted rape was very disconcerting.  It's a kids book!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

shann_42's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Rape

The main antagonist of this story is heavily implied to be a pedophile and he's in most of the book.

The rape occurs mostly "off-screen" since it does not happen to the point of view character. When I read it I was a bit unclear as to what specifically happened, but it's definitely implied to be a violent assault of a child by an adult (the antagonist mentioned above) and in the second book in this series it's confirmed to have been a rape.

leonineliterature's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Sexual assault

logfan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault