Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

80 reviews

emilycacho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I just think this novel was not for me. There was a lot of violence and the women were not written very well. It was structured okay, but not my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Violence

readergonewilde's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Trafficking, Abortion, and Death of parent

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

mac23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Murder

kgreiner3's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

mindelan's review against another edition

aside from the prologue, the first fifty pages were backstory.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Slavery, and Trafficking

jenno's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I was okay with this book, since it was page turny even though all characters where flat, until part 5. That's when it all just became meaningless and I became angry at it. For being 600 pages when it could have been half that and giving it a poor ending. Wouldn't recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

kaitthelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

espressoreader's review against another edition

I give books about 15% to catch me. This one has not given me one element to enjoy.  I get the vice part, but I don’t particularly care for it or any of the characters.  

This is not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Rape

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

challenging tense 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? Yes

1.75

This book started out alright with Ajay’s point of view. It was interesting to enter that world. But the second or third parts of the book were different points of view that I didn’t care for, I think it might be because the characters didn’t have redeeming qualities. 

It really felt the author was trying to do too much. Especially with trying to change the writing styles to poems when Sunny is being beaten up.

I did not get the ending at all, I was hoping it would redeem reading this long book, but it fell very flat.

I think maybe this book was more written like it was ready to be a screenplay for a movie because some parts felt so choppy. 

I feel like the book could have been good and had such good reviews but I’m very disappointed because it was so long and I just don’t get what the purpose of the book was at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism