Reviews tagging 'War'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

299 reviews

courtneyhollyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicide

opinkb's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

megthepoet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, War, Blood, Violence, Slavery, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Child death

sullyvan's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Vomit, Torture, and Slavery

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death

filipapintovieira's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Death, Grief, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

jasmineehare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

kyliebliss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

This was such a fun read. I can go on for ages about the things I love and how interesting it was to see the story of the Illiad and the personalities of some of my favorite people in Greek Mythology *cough* Patroclus *cough* 🩷

That being said, it is from the point of view of the girls given to the warriors as sex slaves after cities were taken over. So there are several rape scenes throughout the book. There is also a lot of strong language.

I probably wouldn't read again, but it was an extremely well written book and super interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Rape

Moderate: War

smudgy2312's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, War, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy and Child death

kttylatte's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense

4.25

i can’t put into words how beautiful yet saddening this book was. barker manages to write in such an amazing way, and directly speaks to the audience too which i love. because of her writing, i felt sympathy for achilles, even after reading about how much of a horror he was. there’s nothing more i love than a retelling of a greek myth from the perspective of a woman! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, and Torture