Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

5 reviews

bigmorgo0819's review

reflective sad 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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

laurs1285's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Bullying and Sexual assault

ribbenkast's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was such a great read! For a debut it's really strong. I read this in one day and I could not put the book down. 

Small notes: It could've done with some quicker pacing in the second half of the book. The stylistic choice (?) of not adding quotation marks anywhere was a bit weird and made it hard to read sometimes.

However, the premise was really strong and the plot did deliver on said premise. The world building seems really thoughtful, I love it when authors think the consequences of their magical world through and present us with things like folklore and sensible governing structures.

Despite the setting, I liked it that the story mainly focused on the people. Odile is a great and complicated character, very well written.  

If you like timeline fuckery, this one is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

michad's review

adventurous emotional sad fast-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

4.0

A good book. The frenchisms take a little getting used to and the presence of cars feels so out of place and anachronistic. I was expecting more exploration of the mechanics and secrets of the world, the change in direction of the second half took me by surprise. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

hanbart19's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Very cool concept, and overall I enjoyed reading this, but I didn’t love Part 2 of the book. At first I didn’t realize such a dramatic time skip had happened, and had to reread some pages before I realized. Also, older Odile wasn’t as compelling as her younger self; it’s hard to root for someone who doesn’t really want anything/has accepted their mediocre life as is. The story really picked up in the last 40 or so pages though, and I liked the ending.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault