Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Q&A by Vikas Swarup

6 reviews

whitneys_bookstack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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

4.0

Definitely some recurring homophobia which made me like the book a little less but overall the narrative structure of the life experiences and then related game show question was unique and interesting. The story came together in ways I didn’t expect. Many plot points came to a satisfying conclusion. I haven't seen the movie and didn’t know much about it so I didn’t realize how dark this would be. Definitely check trigger warnings if there’s certain things you want to avoid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

lucidintohell's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Ableism, Rape, and Suicide

1ncubus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Torture, War, Gun violence, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Ableism, Racism, Cursing, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping

isabellamaria's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahh1425's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, War, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, and Rape

aidrielle's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

2.0

this book <i>was</i> entertaining, i'll give it that. but that's about the only redeeming factor. this has got to be the most exploitative book i have ever read. the story is elbows-deep in poverty porn. not only that, almost every single female character in this book has been physically and emotionally abused, and many of them end up murdered.

i know this is an indian novel written by an indian man, but i think it was written for western audiences. western films set in india always highlight the slums and the grit and the crime. this book did exactly that and nothing else. i'm not indian, but people who think this book is an accurate representation of india must be out of their minds (or just westerners, or both).

yeah, no. i didn't like it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence