Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

O mare de lacrimi by Ruta Sepetys

17 reviews

madeline_schmidt20's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Rape, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

antonebooks's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Child death, Xenophobia, War, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape

taracloudclark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An excellent story told from four perspectives of one of the most horrific events in history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Antisemitism, War, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Rape, Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Hate crime, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty

xoxo_vick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I suggest doing some background research on the Wilhelm Gustloff (the ship, not the person) since the story is primarily set on that boat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Sexual violence

I mean its takes place during the prime time of WW2

erebus53's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I had difficulty writing a review for this book because I got to the end of it and realised that it was a historical fiction piece based around a real life maritime incident. As such that shook me up a bit and it was a little hard to get my feelings about it clear. It was yet another case of reading something for book club without having looked it up first. I think that's a pretty valuable experience because it means you see things with fresh eyes, but sometimes you don't want to reread it with the knowledge of the outcome. I don't have the tenacity to reread this.

The book was slow. It was the first time that I have ever noted the similarity between the stories of apocalyptic zombie survival, and those of refugees. There is a lot of cross country wandering.. hoping you are going in the right direction, not knowing if anyone you run into is going to be friend or foe, not knowing if you will find food or shelter, and coming up with a Plan to hold a ragtag bunch of travelers, of different ages and backgrounds, together long enough that they might get someplace safe.

This is the second story I have read recently with a blind girl in a world war. It was hard to read this book and not be occasionally reminded of "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr. This is also because in both stories there is a viewpoint of a German soldier as counterpoint to what is going on with those fleeing. The depiction of the main German character is interestingly unsympathetic, as he turns out to be a jumped up coward, universally disliked by his fellows, and radiating hot waves of obsessive, sociopathic Incel Energy. I'm sure this jab is a lot more meta, than useful for building the story, but he is certainly a part of this book that I won't forget in a hurry.

The story was ..ok. I didn't dislike it, but it's not something that would bob to the top of my recommendations list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Sexual violence, Hate crime, and Animal cruelty

emmiewrites_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, War, Violence, and Sexual violence

cchloetthompson's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

It starts out a bit slow, but once you get into it, the plot only gets better. I strongly recommend this book to people who love historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, War, Xenophobia, Death, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Medical content

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, Violence, Grief, Deportation, Death of parent, Death, Ableism, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, War, Physical abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Child abuse, Body horror, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

mdunajcik's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence