Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

15 reviews

armstrongangela83's review against another edition

informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, and Colonisation

bookscatcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this historical procedural murder mystery!  I learned a lot about Fiji and indentured servitude and Indian migration during the racist, white supremacist, British colonization.  I appreciate that the author brought a personal perspective to her research and had a connection through her family to the story.  A bit slow at the start, and I kinda wish the MC’s past came up a bit earlier.  Worth reading!  4 stars

Historical procedural mystery with diverse characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Classism, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and Death

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Classism, Colonisation, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Blood, Bullying, Deportation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Police brutality, War, and Kidnapping

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

One of the Indian indentured servants on a local sugar cane plantation has gone missing. Most don’t care and the rest say she ran away, but one missionary claims there had to be foul play. The police department don’t want to spare a real officer to go check out this non crime, so they send their Indian officer. Just go look, and come back, keep it simple and appease everyone. Well, Akal is actually a great police officer, despite what his boss would tell you, and he isn’t letting this case go until it is solved. So what happened to the missing woman, what other shady things are going on at this plantation and why does no one want the truth?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Xenophobia, Slavery, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, Gun violence, and Alcohol

kal_self's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

mountain_adventures's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

I really struggled to get into this book. The characters and plot failed to draw me in quickly. I wish there were more details about the setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit

velvetcelestial's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

crystalisreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcohol, Murder, Colonisation, Classism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Grief, Death, Sexual assault, Cursing, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Alcohol, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Violence, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Rape

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

This was a rather simple debut mystery novel. There were some interesting historical aspects but the mystery was predictable and the writing was annoyingly repetitive (Did Akal need to introduce himself the exact same way to every new character? And did that sentence need to be written out every time??). This falls into the category of "vacation read" for me, it was easy to read and engaging enough but I never had any real investment in the story or characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Slavery, Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

moonesday's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

The author didn't do a full research on some stuff like the origin of momo. The character Emily would not have known this, as momo is a Tibetan dumpling which was popularized after Tibetan refugees fled to India and Nepal after the Chinese invasion of Tibet in the 1950's. Emily was in Nepal/India before the year 1914. I just wanted to clear this up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Rape