Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

631 reviews

lsm's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is well written but I just wasn’t a fan. It’s tough subject which I can usually handle, but the author went out of her way to drop revolting, unnecessary details throughout the story. The MC said “That’s disgusting” at least a dozen times m, probably more, and she wasn’t wrong. Every possible bodily fluid was mentioned. Even that might be ignored but a cat licking blood off the floor? Why? Mouse urine? Ok, maybe I’ve read that detail somewhere but mouse afterbirth? Stfu. The gross details became a near constant distraction that I came to resent. I know they were all a choice and I’m sure they represented the decay of youth, innocence, and moral compass but in the end they were all too much. For that reason I can’t recommend this one. I doubt I’ll ever read this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Infidelity, Infertility, Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, Grief, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

mountain_adventures's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Excellent story with many flash backs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Cursing, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Rape, and Pedophilia

rachaelbail's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

margardenlady's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Eleanor shares a day with us.  A day of discoveries, both internal and external.  Through this day, we are also invited into flashbacks to her childhood with a neglectful, critical mother, a horrible step brother and a childhood friend/love she has never forgotten. We learn about family dynamics, loyalty, love, friendship, all in a spectrum of honest, raw feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Cancer

acatmother's review against another edition

There was so much graphic trauma that did not feel like added to the plot. It was too upsetting to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, and Pedophilia

emilyha's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, and Child death

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Child death and Cancer

rnbookworm17's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

0.25

Needs a trigger warning. I was not prepared for the descriptive CSA/rape storylines. I lost all respect for the author and book despite pushing through to finish the book. Do. Not. Recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

sarahbrowell's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Child death

joannemiro1948's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death