Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

24 reviews

ladybirder's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Lost half a star because there was a section in the middle which dragged slightly but the last 100 pages or so were downright juicy. A really good wrap up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, and Rape

Minor: Violence

theteaisaddictive's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

(This book was read chronologically as part of Dangerous Liaisons Daily)

I think the reasons I didn’t love reading Dangerous Liaisons had more to do with the meta text of Dangerous Liaisons Daily than the text of the novel itself (primarily the frustrations of awkward divisions of text, and the asides from the Editor which read as if written today). However, in all fairness, I still can’t understand how Mme. Tourvel ever fell in love with Valmont, so maybe 18th century morality plays are just something of an acquired taste for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Toxic relationship

aliquis's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death

an0987's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

People smarter than me have written extensively on how intense and incredible this book is, and I must say I don’t have any new insight other than: I too highly recommend this book! There’s only a handful of books that I have rated as 5-stars and this is among them 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

vuch's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Pedophilia

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

5.0

This was great, truly an absolute classic

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Rape

Minor: Abortion and Death

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was such a difficult and challenging read. Most of my rating goes towards the epistolary style of the book and how authentic the characters felt. I personally feel a bit icky after reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and Grief

shelfofunread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

audreybelle's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

If you don't like so called "unlikeable characters", do not read this book cause everyone in it is awful. But also if you don't like unlikeable characters, get some taste, cause this book is great! I would highly recommend it to any fan of classic lit who often finds themselves disappointed by a lack of well written female villains, as Madame de Merteuil quickly climbed her way up my list of favourites. Okay now I'm just pissed off thinking about all the awful girlbosses sexist ass authors have deprived me of (looking at you Tolstoy)! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Grief

aunbrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts