Reviews tagging 'Rape'

La regina degli scacchi by Walter Tevis

23 reviews

marthadude's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

This book isn’t about chess: it’s actually about hard boiled eggs. (But seriously the show was better)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Rape

There’s a short scene early on where Beth is SA’d by Jolene at the orphanage. It’s completely jarring and feels totally out of place and I had completely forgotten about it until reading other reviews.

tetrootz's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Vomit, Cursing, and Blood

nevaehenson's review against another edition

it was offensive and badly written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Racial slurs

katilh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape

ingwe's review against another edition

La série était incroyable mais dans le livre

la meilleure amie de Beth la viole alors qu'elle n'a que 8 ans, (la meilleure amie est bien plus grande) et la façon dont c'est raconté donne l'impression que c'est banal. La scène était décrite dans les détails, c'était vraiment dégoûtant. 

Je me suis dit que je continuerais malgré tout ma lecture mais en fait je n'en ai aucune envie, je suis dégoûté du personnage de Jolene qui était un que j'adorais dans la série. Je ne comprendrai jamais comment on peut se dire qu'écrire les détails d'une scène où une jeune fille de 8 ans se fait abuser par sa meilleure amie et faire ensuite comme si rien ne s'était passé est normal. Si ça avait été dénoncé, ce serait peut-être mieux passé, mais ici ça ne l'est pas.

Je suis hyper déçu parce que la série est géniale, sans ce genre de scènes !

Regardez la série, ne lisez pas le livre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

mackenziem12's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

charliesmith1564's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Car accident, Sexism, Racism, Grief, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Rape, Suicide attempt, Classism, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Confinement, Bullying, Abandonment, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Medical content

aysha_blake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

alexreads111's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Lesbophobia

chiqui's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry