Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

7 reviews

farmwife's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Reading this book required time to recover. I’m changed by its pages. The wounds left on my heart cut deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Child death

samanthabryan34's review

emotional sad tense 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

3.5 ⭐️ Although I didn’t love this book, I did like it. I don’t read slavery books very often, probably because of how terribly sad they always are - and this one is no exception. I will say the narration for the audiobook was well done and interesting to listen to. But the writing itself could have been better. The dual POV felt redundant and the ending felt rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Slavery, Infidelity, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

lady_elle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Colonisation, Classism, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, and Racial slurs

gelslitreviews's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

gimmebacon's review

emotional medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Slavery, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse

celestereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

beetsnotbombs's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence