Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Atonement by Ian McEwan

27 reviews

maxiemumbo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Intense but utterly original; worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and War

tbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Antisemitism

fishgulper's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

lightning_015's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Medical content, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Sexism

phantasyia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Sexism, Violence, and Vomit

desdemonarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Another great story by Ian McEwan. It's a story that has probably happened a million times, but is very rarely talked about. What do you do when you unintentionally throw someone's life off course and not in a good way? 

Ian's characters are well written in their roles. The story starts off cute and sweet, but the tone changes and slowly gets darker. It is not a gloomy story without hope, but it is more based in realism than a false, "feel good," narrative. I would recommend it to anyone who is not triggered by the warnings that I will add below. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

There are some graphic war scenes (the violence tag), but nothing sensationalist. There is also a sexual assault that is a key part of the story, but it's not described in any real detail.

whatannikareads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

i read this because i remember loving the movie when i was little but not remembering the entire plot, and it did not disappoint! ian mcewan's writing style is very pretty, although i did skim through some parts that felt like superfluous, flowery details. the plot twist made me gasp and i'm glad i didn't remember it. i love a not so happy ending. very much sucks you in. the emerald green dress cecilia wears is iconic!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape