Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Das Licht der letzten Tage by Emily St. John Mandel

158 reviews

sierrathepixie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this it felt unique from other like dystopian novels. I enjoyed it though like it was just nice to get lost in the different storylines. I read this in 2 days and thoroughly enjoyed it. I didn’t watch the show so I didn’t know what I expected the story to really be about but like idk it just excited me and was also sad but engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Suicide, and Rape

roschelle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The writing in this was so descriptive and immersive that I felt like I was back in the Covid times. I had some stressful dreams on the nights I read this before bed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Child death, and Emotional abuse

purplatypus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Grief, Medical content, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Rape, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

mbelle97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

content warning: cults, religious zealots

melissafrench's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

I honestly wasn’t ready for this book to end when it did. I wanted to spend more time in this world and with these characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

jillianselene's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, and Pregnancy

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

not much to say about this one! if i had to compare, sea of tranquility was much more interesting and i liked it better, but this is a solid book as well! 

im sleepy so no long review; the writing is very nice on the eyes and the shifting perspectives actually really enhanced the story instead of just breaking it up for forced suspense like in some books. would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Religious bigotry, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

builtonbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

I read this on Easter weekend, a break from my cultural industries masters program, this somehow made more invested in my program. As a museum practitioner the scenes at the Museum of Civilization moved me so much. I binge read it from Good Friday to Black Saturday 2024 and somehow, as a lapsed Catholic, the timing felt right. 

Beautiful uncompromising writing with moments that gave me goosebumps. Reading this in 2024, year 4 post COVID-19 was a wild ride, and I'm glad I waited till now to read it. It also made me miss home, family, and the light and heat of my country.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Animal death

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larissakoch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Rape and Suicide

curriedpeas's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape