Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff

7 reviews

bookfey's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

A look into some Maori lives 30 years ago. 

Read before you go to New Zealand not while you’re there. It’ll just bumm you out💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Rape, and Domestic abuse

rchapy's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

this is a very tough read, content wise. Duff's writing is very good though, and i think he does a good job of exploring the subject matter rather than exploiting it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Alcoholism, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Child death

eion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child death, and Domestic abuse

hanreadin's review

emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

georgiab246's review

challenging dark hopeful sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I was hoping the author wouldn't fall into the lazy trope that Maori's just need to 'pull themselves up by their bootstraps and stop blaming others for their social marginalisation. But I really feel that the white author of this book ended it on a pretty patronising note, and didn't go far enough to explore the nuances of indigenous life in NZ.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

emily123's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse

kiwi_zoe's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A brilliant insight into domestic violence, alcoholism, and family from within a Maori family in New Zealand. Hard to read but worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence