Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

30 reviews

smithalexis035's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

I didn’t understand the hype around this book at all. I could not wait to finish it and it took me so long! The descriptions of animal abuse really bothered me and there were some really strange sexual things mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, and Violence

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarahmerfi's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content

vivilevone's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.0

VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE MUSICAL. hachi machi. good book, though. dark and gritty. not exactly inspiring. tragic. hopeful ending. really much more about unlikely found family than any romance. elephant was the best character. 
standout line: "is where you're from the place you're coming from, or where you have roots?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

nellzzzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Murder, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Violence

oujo_umi's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

I saw the broadway musical first which I really enjoyed and decided to read the book when I found out the show was based off it. It was a  fun story with a satisfying ending.

For the most part everyone felt staticly “good” or “bad” without much development. As someone who typically is drawn to stories for the characters, I didn’t really connect. However the plot’s momentum toward the disaster teased in the first chapter was exciting enough to make up for that. I enjoyed how I could get pulled into the circus from the detailed descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism and Terminal illness

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Death of parent, Car accident, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Violence, and Vomit

alex_grace1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Ableism

Some warnings about the sexual content

There is essentially a drunk rape scene. it’s not treated as such by the characters but it is mentioned briefly to be non-consensual and where the main character was nearly blackout drunk. Theres also a pretty graphic stripping scene, a brief masturbation scene, and sexual content all up the wazoo.

aloe_v's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

5.0

Binge read most of it, super immersive, really great writing, quite explicit at times though, including when a man is sexually assaulted and it is treated like a normal thing to have happened and he is kind of just shamed for it for a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

jneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Medical content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent