Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

201 reviews

sabrielsbell's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

This was pretty close to a 5 star for me! I listened to it on audiobook and really enjoyed the narrator. I was so invested in figuring out what happened and how it would all tie together! I could have done without the husband vs old fling side plot....it felt unnecessary to the point of distraction.  Also, the ending was not my style but overall I burned through this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hellavaral's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

lcdavenport's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

dschwartz5's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

leahanderson28's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual assault

emathomas17's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, and Classism

mrs_engineer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Murder

alyssaakdefusco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

This book! It somehow managed to be an extremely poignant commentary on misogyny and our culture's fetishization of violence against women, but also a true crime story about violence against women that I couldn't put down?! I think it's brilliant what this author has done with this genre. It also felt extremely nostalgic thinking about high school and college as a young woman. All of the excitement and giggling all while moving through a world that we didn't understand and baring the weight of womanhood while we were just girls. Ugh. So good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

booktafayeettazaye's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Definitely one of the best books I've read this year. It was complex, and beautifully explored the impact of human biases, and the very real consequences they hold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

hstcrow's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Reading this felt like holding my breath for five days. Wtf. Very intense, overwhelming, and jolting in terms of the realistic story & crime, and the alarming clarity of how broken the judicial system is, how tight a chokehold the patriarchy, class, and race have on our society. The ending was so perfect and clever. It’s supposed to reflect reality. This is such an incredible feat of a book. Hell yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Police brutality, Car accident, and Death of parent