Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Denise Mina

246 reviews

evie_wonder's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

trubelmaker's review against another edition

Graphic description of rape that made want to cry and left me upsey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, and Ableism

jclynch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Hate crime, Rape, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Incest, Animal death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death

meganbytes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, and Murder

brakebills42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

Minor: Xenophobia and Abortion

orangeslices's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

"Men Who Hate Women" was the original title of the Swedish thriller that later came to be known as "The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo." Each section of the book is prefaced with a statistic about the violence that is endured by Swedish women that goes unreported and consequently, unknown. Braced with the facts in mind, the plot unravels to an obvious conclusion about who is the perpetrator behind Harriet Vanger's disappearance. Drawn from the same vein, Stieg Larsson, falls into cliche trappings. The perspective pieces from Lisbeth falls flat - which is disappointing because I was so excited to meet her character - her punk looks and intelligent character was the main draw. Unfortunately, all of the women of import are drawn to Blomkvist (who's not very interesting) and women that are meant to be written as independent and whip smart (e.g. Erika and Lisbeth and Cecilia), they all fall for him and even draw up petty emotional "catfights" over him.
I really can't draw myself to read any more of the books because the debut book in the series falls flat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Confinement

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

nicolermcmath's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal death, Sexual assault, Murder, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Murder, and Mental illness

Minor: Medical content, Abortion, and Torture

ghostscience's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Torture

ellezagna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, and Murder