Reviews tagging 'Violence'

My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee

6 reviews

machenn's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, and Violence

prettycloud's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

What a thoroughly odd and extraordinary piece of writing. This novel is witty and fun and thoughtful but also dark and disturbing. It does not seem to relish in its violence, but rather to pull the reader in to understand what the violence is made of. It asks a lot of questions and is a great beginner of discussions, but beware! It is not for the faint of heart or stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Alcohol, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Child abuse, Incest, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Medical content, Sexism, and Xenophobia

This book features some pretty gnarly dubious consent (there seems to be a lot of rationalizing going on—I'd classify it as rape, but it's unclear if the victim would). There's also a pretty messed-up murder and a lot of bodily and societal weirdness. It's not all suffering, but it's one of those books that you want to read slowly or sit out entirely due to the nastiness of some of its content.

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Slavery, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, Alcohol, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Confinement, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, and Sexism

k_kiefer's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

abbieday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I can’t decide if I loved this or hated it, so I we t somewhere in the middle. It was slow and intense and I probably need to reflect on it a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, and Torture

amressing's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

My Year Abroad follows Tiller, a college student during his time abroad with a local entrepreneur and after he has returned when he is living with a woman named Val and her son, Victor.  I think people should give this book a try, the descriptions of food are amazing.  For me it was a little too long and then felt rushed to wrap up at the end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit