Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

6 reviews

sophiaweine's review

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

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

4.5

A beautiful Australian story of young love and loss. A town full of secrets that it buries to show a front of perfection and beauty, but one that cracks easily until it’s all in the open. Silvey does a wonderful job of putting coming of age and comprehending the harsh reality of the world into words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Car accident, Police brutality, Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

goldyyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Child death, and Death

Minor: Incest, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault

rageofcaliban's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Alcoholism, Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, and Grief

sezzrah's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

scorpiobooklover's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Had to read this for English. Felt like plot could be condensed in 250 pages or less. I do like the mystery element to it but this books gives me white saviour complex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

elysh_kaye's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

 I read this 3-4 years ago and I really wanted to re-read it. It is definitely on my list of favourite books. I would give it 5 stars for the writing style alone, it's definitely not for everyone, but I really vibe with it. I had to knock the rating down a bit solely for the pages of cricket description because, despite being Australian, I have no clue how cricket works and it only ever seems boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Incest

Minor: Child abuse