Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

10 reviews

greenbeangal's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism, Ableism, and Antisemitism

andrewjbank's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

mandeyzing's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Addiction

oliviastewart716's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A bizarre exploration of problematic characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape and Drug use

amberlc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

annacochran's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.0

sometimes you just need to read a story about the intertwined lives of fictional people, it’s as simple as that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship

qi_'s review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

 i think reading/listening to this at the current point in my life was interesting because i am in between both the stages that the book explores, young teenager (13-14) to adult (30+). i relate to the aspirational side of them when they were at the summer camp but still understand the realities of life (i would like to believe). i understand why people wouldn't like it (because a lot of the reviews i have seen were not favourable) since we're following pretentious, privileged, tALENTED teenagers living their best new york lives and at many points feeling sorry for themselves; i mean..wISH IT WAS ME. 

yes, the characters were pety, annoying, pretentious, jealous and contradictory but, real people are assholes too. so, i think that was the whole point of it and is what made is so realistic. either way the things that it explored: dreams vs reality, the dynamics of envy in friendships, how big tragic life events can change a person and their relationships, class and just the development of life and relationships over time, were really interesting and well fleshed out. 

when big events came into the plot (not saying for the sake of spoilers), i found it so interesting to see how this could change the dynamics within these relationships. 

as for the audiobook, not much to say other than i liked how the narrator committed to the voices (male and female), definitely helped with distinguishing between characters.

when meg wolizter addressed ash's response to cathy's rape i was so relieved lmao. it was irking me and im glad that it was revisited at the end. she is this "feminist" character yet completely failed to consider that her brother could have actually done something. it was a really interesting element to bring into the plot and i loved seeing how everything played out. okay enough ranting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

jgrimm's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Although not too graphic, sexual assault is a big plot point in this book and the way characters discuss it could feel insensitive and potentially triggering. However, it's fairly clear that the characters are in the wrong in the way they view the situation, and eventually their views change.

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

 This is a story about a group of friends who first met as teens one year at summer camp. They believe they are special and vow to always live interesting lives. Yet their adult lives do not play out as they anticipated, something I’m sure many readers can relate to. I did find the characters to be fairly self-absorbed and self-important. I can have limited patience with that sort of book. Luckily I hadn’t read one for a while was able to enjoy this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual assault

unicornweasley's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Cancer