Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Blindness by José Saramago

175 reviews

anushareflects's review

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

lucimolri's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Me ha gustado bastante! Mi mayor problema ha sido lo de que no estén marcados los diálogos y que se nota bastante que está escrito por un hombre, if you know what I mean…
Ha sido durillo y tenso, no es para todo el mundo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

christinahill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder

rocko_granato's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

vibmesq's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

aerolich's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

pr_holofernes's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.75

Wow. I actually read it up until the

rape scenes

in which I just read the summaries on LitCharts afterwards. Allegorical dystopia might be my new favorite genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Rape

laurapaige's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anna220310's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense 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

4.5

I've never read a dystopia that felt so real and that truly exposed so much of the realities of society and human nature. It shows perfectly how brittle the security of our modern world is and how unprepared we are to survive disasters. By taking away everyone's sight, you also take away government, morality, hygiene, food security and everything else which is a founding pillar of our society. Be mindful of the very graphic content though (check the trigger warnings!), it's not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content

xinlisupreme's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape