Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

6 reviews

gladiolus17's review against another edition

I’m really not feeling it. I came in invested, but the pace is slow with hazy direction. I think Yangsze Choo is just not the author for me. Choo is a great audiobook narrator, though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

kingsteph's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Confinement, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

elee2013's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I love these historical, not quite fantasy, mature and complex stories that YC writes! And her audio narration is always top notch — her voice is beautiful, the pacing fits perfectly, and of course, her bilingualism is excellent. 

Snow, our main character, is curious, clever, and occasionally foolish, like any good fox spirit. She’s experienced a horrible thing, and she’s set out on a quest for revenge, but she can’t help being a good fox along the way. I love her interactions with people, and her internal monologue is charming. 

Bao’s story is a sweet counterpart to Snow’s — as he follows along behind on her trail, we learn more about Snow from outside perspectives, and the events preceding the beginning of the novel. His relationship with Taktah (sp?) is cute too! 

YC paces her books in the way I like best — it starts slowly, from far away, but as the end comes closer and closer, it speeds up to fly by you like a train. It’s never good to have too many foxes in one place! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Violence, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

bookbih42069's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual violence

oliviamich's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Lovely book and amazing story. I really connected with the characters and could read a ton about their misadventures. There were just a few unanswered questions that knocked it down from being 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

hamohero's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Classism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Mental illness