Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

5 reviews

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

chailady's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

One of the reasons I read this was because I recently visited Fiji. I love Fiji! The beautiful country and the friendly people made this trip a fantastic experience. I had no idea of their history beyond that Fiji had been a British colony. The past describe in this mystery novel was eye opening. I was horrified by the descriptions of the plantations. This is a debut novel and the writing shows. There were several editing errors and the plot progression was not quite right. The ending left me a bit frustrated. I’m hoping there is a second book and we see the author’s style improve. I did like the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Racism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

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

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