Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3 reviews

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Child death, Sexual content, Animal death, Murder, Infertility, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Sexual violence

stagemanaginger's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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 well written book, but I found it difficult to get through at times. It is 100% not for anyone dealing with infertility and I wish I had known that before reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual violence

josiee's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child death, and Child abuse