Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

43 reviews

decapode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Slavery

berkeleybear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I don’t remember the last time I read a book so quickly. The  suspense really sucked me in, and the theme was really fascinating. 

The whole story was very cinematic, in a way that was really easy to follow and had good cliffhangers to keep me reading. 

A few annoyances:

• Some pacing issues
• Some dialogue was a bit too corny to be believable, both when cracking jokes or taking about science
• Major plot points are rather dully revealed
• (Personal gripe) author clearly has a view on theology that’s kind of fucked up

Thinking more on this:

First, I can’t believe how anticlimactic the information about his hands was. It was kind of silly how unimportant it was in Emilio’s story. Second, I disliked the lack of subtlety in the authors literary device of being “raped by God”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Violence

gracieniems's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

probably my favorite book. if we’re talking roman empires then this is mine. this book is love and it is loss. my heart is in it. read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Death, Child death, Slavery, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, and Murder

ovationgal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Violence

arayo's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, Rape, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Cannibalism

Minor: Pregnancy and Infertility

julesloyola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Violence, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

Minor: Antisemitism, Car accident, and Child abuse

bethanyv's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

caintooth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Confinement and Self harm

kate_in_a_book's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

toriamos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The ending is a bit abrupt, it really took away from the rest of the story as Emilio seemed to recover too soon from the revelation of events. Took away from the rest of the story imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Police brutality