Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

196 reviews

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror

vulcanzaddy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Lesbophobia

nautilus18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

herfleurs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Sexual harassment

tenten's review against another edition

i'm in a bad state of mind right now given how crappy our current society is. reading a book where slavery has been reinstated even though it's set 300 yrs in the future is not helping my mental state!!

aside from that, i just can't connect with it like i feel myself not caring. i read some reviews that point out how wild it is that Aster and other lowdeckers insult, physically attack, and disrespect upperdeckers and guards without much real consequence, which makes the stakes seem lower than they're presented to be.

i might pick it up again because Rivers Solomon won me over with their story, "Whose Heart I Long to Stop with the Click of a Revolver," but i'm dropping it for now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Self harm, Suicide, and Death of parent

silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Medical content, and Abortion

maiaw27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.75

Heartbreaking and beautifully written. The author explores race, gender, sexuality, class, and religion/faith, trauma, power, and madness in a manner so complex and intricate— I need to get all my friends to read this so we can talk about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

marselise's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

grey_jayne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

I'm still processing from that ending! This is the closest to Octavia Butler's writing, a spiritual successor to the Parable of the Talents as in what could have happened if the Earthseed trilogy ended in space. Love it.

Aster is also one of the best neurodiverse main characters I've ever read. Brilliant depiction.

I did struggle with the narrative a little because it was character based over plot based.  I don't know how people will feel about the pacing, but there wasn't enough sci-fi in this for me the majority of the time, in description or plot. It's happening in space but super isolated.  But also, it does make the ending extra beautiful, so what do I know? Well done!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault