Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan

6 reviews

ninamanon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Great story! I loved how the narration went back and forth in time. Well-written with great descriptions. Themes of feminism, love and family. I expected more about the tiger though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Violence, Gore, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Abortion, Murder, Blood, and Death

melodyseestrees's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Infidelity, Death, and Murder

lottesuardi's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Gore

brgntteva's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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It's a sort of noir, in a way, centered around a boy, Margio, living in a village of Indonesia, who has a white tigress inside himself. And a murder.

It starts from the end and goes backwards, till first and last pages are basically the same. It spans around the people of the village and the boy's family, from Margio's abusive father, his battered then depressed mother, his sister, and backwards still. His parents before getting married, his grandpa and his own tigress.
It does not necessarily go backwards in a linear way, more as elements that come back and go, from different angles, and that's what stood out the most to me, together with all the tidbits of life in rural Indonesia, with its traditions, plants and gambles.
I would have liked to see more of the tigress, and the consequences of having such a rage inside oneself, but he's definitely an author I'll like get back to

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L'uomo tigre (portato in Italia da @metropolidasia qualche anno fa) è una sorta di noir che inizia con un morto e risale il percorso che ha portato a quel momento. Prima pagina e ultima di fatto coincidono, con un'aggiunta. Il protagonista è Margio, e di lui sappiamo da subito che ha una tigre bianca dentro di sé. Da lì il racconto va all'indietro. Di Margio conosciamo la famiglia, il padre violento, la madre picchiata e violentata, la sorella, il nonno e la sua tigre, i vicini di casa. Ma anche come i genitori sono arrivati a quel punto, come si sono conosciuti. Il tempo non va indietro in modo lineare, più che altro ci sono elementi che tornano in loop ma da angolazioni diverse. E questa è la cosa che mi è piaciuta di più, insieme alle tradizioni e folklore dell'Indonesia rurale che emergono.

TW a pioggia (scene splatter, violenza domestica, stupro, morte)

Avrei voluto vedere di più la tigre e le coscienze di avere davvero di sé quella rabbia, ma di sicuro voglio leggere altro di questo scrittore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Grief

jmbz38's review

reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death

ell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Gore, Child abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence