Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton

7 reviews

kstericker's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Minor: War, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Alcohol

snowwpuppet's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Minor: War

owlribbon's review

dark sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Outing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.75

This dark and lyrical novel by theologian Tara Isabella Burton is told from the perspective of a naive, impressionable girl who, at the start of her junior year, transfers to the coastal boarding school featured in her favorite novel, which is reminiscent of A Separate Peace.  She is captivated by the chapel choir—especially by its hypnotizing leader and soprano, Virginia—and she is overjoyed to fall into favor with the exclusive group.  The singers, who also deify the novel and its alumnus author, are puppeteered by Virginia, whose obsession with gravity and piety leads her down a dangerous and surprising path.  Exploring sexuality, integrity, and idolization, this is a novel about wanting to become something one has read about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Bullying, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Infidelity, and Grief

The content warning for sexual violence is referring to sharing intimate videos without consent.

carbs4life's review

dark reflective tense fast-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

Tara Burton’s prose is wonderful. She does a great job at carrying the reader through the story she wants to tell. Each character means something in the grand scheme. The author does not waste time but the story doesn’t seem rushed either. 

Button certainly has something to say and I am glad I listened. If you are deciding wether or not to pick this one up, go ahead and try it out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

rhiandroid_'s review

emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Eating disorder

thewoodlandbookshelf's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Homophobia