Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Blindness by José Saramago

166 reviews

luisatkinson's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Vomit, and Excrement

emmastevvenson's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

Really interesting read, a style which at times was difficult to follow- intimidating blocks of text with few paragraphs and speech broken by commas, but was fine once you get used to it. The story was really intriguing and I enjoyed the idea, some parts felt too deeply explored but on the whole there was a good balance. I enjoyed reading most of this book,

bar the scenes of SA in the middle of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

yeahiatethatbook's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

a moderate to severe scene of sexual violence

flygonjinn's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, and Excrement

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

m_a_j's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

ronfinkleburg's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

Really interesting speculative fiction; horrible look at the breakdown of society 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

madihoney's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

3.5

Loved the premise of the book but extremely difficult to read. About 1 paragraph break per page, no quotation marks to indicate dialogue and no one has a real name (ie the doctor's wife, the pharmacist’s assistant, etc)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Confinement

masterormargarita's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Death

diana311's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

abbyobsessesoverbooks's review against another edition

dark tense

3.0

Honestly having a hard time knowing how to review this. It took me forever to get into this, the pace picked up about about 40%. 

I get what the author is trying to express and while the translation could use better structure, I'm glad I read it. It is a disappointing yet realistic look at how humanity can be when everything else is stripped away. 

Be warned. There are many disturbing descriptions which refer to r*pe, death, gun violence etc. Please be cautious when picking this up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape