Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum

11 reviews

felicityebhaslin's review against another edition

emotional fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Medical trauma, Grief, Drug use, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Cursing, and Confinement

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Cancer, and Excrement

Minor: Self harm

acresofclams's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Ableism, Medical trauma, Grief, Rape, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Blood, Vomit, and Racism

grimja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Ableism, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarah984's review against another edition

funny informative sad slow-paced

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

3.0

There's a lot to like about this book but my overall experience with it was just average. Most of the storyline really worked for me (except

Yessie's little field trip

near the end, which just felt kind of silly and out of place) and I liked having points of view from characters in different parts of the system. However there is one character who feels SO author-voice to me, like just halting the plot for lectures directly from the author, and a couple of the points of view were written in ways that felt borderline racist (especially the way the Mexican character's accent is written out).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness, Fatphobia, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Blood, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Vomit, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Police brutality, and Bullying

trippalli's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

A gripping and emotionally moving story about folks who have to live in assisted living. Specifically a range of kids and teenagers from 8:00 to early twenties... This tail really feels realistic and the kids voices are grounded and down to earth and the caregivers and people who work there. Some of them are also disabled are also just very real and lovable people who I wanted to read about more after the book ended. I want to know what they do next and there's also some people in this book who are just vile, but at least in this story a lot of them get what they deserve but not all of them. It's very realistic that way and this is the story I think would make great educational reading except there is also a vivid horrible rape And that's pretty unbearable to read about. But it does happen to these people who are institutionalized .... It's just terrifying

Overall though, the book has so many uplifting characters and compassionate characters and happy moments and moments of jubilation and accomplishment that I really did enjoy listening to the audiobook of this story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Ableism, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

indydc's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Adult/minor relationship

oneseventhree's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse

everywhen's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-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: Ableism

Moderate: Rape and Death

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

historicalmaterialgirl's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, and Rape

audree's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Rape