Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

1984 by George Orwell

46 reviews

marsisred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, and Violence

enf87's review against another edition

I was excited to read this book - it's a classic, plus I'm always interested in a book that's ever been "banned." However, the narrator, toward the beginning of the book (page 15) describes his hatred of an unnamed woman ("the dark-haired girl") he's had no contact with, and goes on to describe in great detail how he'd like to rape, torture and murder her, simply because she's an attractive young woman. Note: this scene is NOT why the book was banned! 

As a survivor, I'm admittedly picky about scenes of sexual assault in my reading materials, but it's certainly not a deal breaker. (Toni Morrison is one of my favorite authors and she wrote some truly upsetting rape scenes.) 

In this case, the fact that the narrator simply continues the story as though these types of fantasies are standard to the male psyche, while I'm supposed to look to him as my reliable narrator, made me uneasy. 

No shade to anyone who enjoyed this book, but I felt ok just taking the cliff notes route here after that scene.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

studiouspoppy's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, and Slavery

alexinwxnderland's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

senn's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Slavery, and Death