Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Human Acts by Han Kang

258 reviews

celeris's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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this book moved me so deeply i had to handwrite my review...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

cmgr99's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

aliastar's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

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

coconan's review

5.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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What raw, evocative prose. Absolutely necessary for everyone to have read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

merikahk's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

zu_zu's review

3.75

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

laumike's review

5.0

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, War

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book seems purposefully disorienting. Each new chapter is from a different perspective, sometimes a different time, a different way of storytelling, different problems at the core. If you hold out they get tied together again in the epilogue but it is a challenge to read through and figure everything out for yourself. I don't think the book intends to open old wounds for all the people that were affected by the past acts of the militia, but rather show that these wounds never healed anyways and history needs to be remembered, especially if it's hard, uncomfortable or in this case traumatic and deadly. It also shows the injustice of some systems, the power and resource imbalance when states feel threatened by well meaning people who may have means for violence, they don't even need conviction. It's unsurprising but still absolutely awful some leaders would (let their people) do such horrific things to anyone that scares them a bit. The motto is 'shoot now, never ask questions.' 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

thewrongalice's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder

whimpix's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Excrement, Vomit

Frank and detailed descriptions of the police brutality in Gwangju. Not for the faint of heart or stomach.