Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

573 reviews

marywollstonecraftshelley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

HOLY SHIT. this book is my heart torn out and exposed by another. Truly fucking fantastic. Do not listen to the haters. Run don’t walk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Misogyny

tori_borialis's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The vibes are excellent. The plot is okay. The main characters kinda suck. There were a lot of interesting things going on in this book that I would have loved to focus on, rather than Effy’s flagrant xenophobia and prejudice. Also, do she and Preston have any actual reasons to like each other aside from a shared interest in literature and being stuck in a remote, crumbling estate together? I feel like we never learn anything about Preston at all, other than his hairless forearms and shiny status as not-an-asshole-to-women. Idk man, could have been great, I enjoyed the spookiness, but upon further inspection the meat of the story is threadbare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

emilybacher's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

sukhb_48's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book has an undercurrent of darkness/uneasiness and it is really interesting to see the effects of that on the characters and their ability to overcome that through the story. The world building is quite good for a book of this size, but it flowed well with the story, it wasn’t just thrown at you. It also analyses sexism in academia, which is still prevalent in modern society. Effy (the female main character), has so much growth and shifts the power imbalance of her society. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

zimmerlemon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

Very academia vibes, I enjoyed this! More magical realism than fantasy imo. Definitely a recurring SA & anxiety theme so be ready for that but it was handled well and is very real and fits with how everything unfolds. MCs are precious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

codyemma's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

ginamiya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Minor: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

reachingforstardust's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

xerosbeat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

I really appreciated all the water metaphors when tackling trauma and mental illness in the book. I once told my brother than getting on antidepressants was like coming up for air after being submerged and Ava Reid totally captured that and then some.Misogyny, sexism in academia, survivor guilt, sexual assault, plagiarism, so much was tackled in this book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Xenophobia

probablytoolate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault