Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

93 reviews

stephalopuff's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

The ending though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

alisonoreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

So many disturbing moments. And somehow there is humor. It’s a devastating coming of age story but there are hints of hope, too. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

anna_hepworth's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

5.0

This is a very difficult story to read --mostly because it deals with some awful things, but also because a) I found the viewpoint character, a 13 year old boy, very difficult to stay engaged with and b) there are lots of layers of what is going on, all the time, and I struggled to keep track. 

Well worth having stuck through having to borrow it from the library four times, each time having to wait through the hold queue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Murder, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

library_anne's review

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Cursing, and Hate crime

rubybubbles's review

challenging dark funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

How I felt about the book evolved as I progressed through it. Its both sad and intense, but also hopeful and sweet. There's also some ribald humor sprinkled in 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

teresacl's review

Brilliantly written, too sad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

purplemuskogee's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

I love everything Louise Erdrich writes, but this one was definitely a lot darker than the other books of hers I have read previously. We follow Joe as his father - the reservation judge - and him start to investigate a terrible crime his mother was a victim of at the very beginning of the novel. The characters are all so lively and real, and their emotions so well-described, I found it really moving and at the same time anxiety-inducing. It was a shocking novel and one I'll keep thinking about for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

pettywhaler's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Grief, and Hate crime

lydiamcleod's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Moving, deeply sad, tragic, and hopeful at the same time. A whole meal of a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry

mializa_mk's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape