Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

250 reviews

beesleybob's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and Suicide

amyam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

‘What will they make of us, the people of those unimaginably distant times? One thing I do know: they won't want the brutal reality of conquest and slavery. They won't want to be told about the massacres of men and boys, the enslavement of women and girls. They won't want to know we were living in a r*** camp. No, they'll go for something altogether softer. A love story, perhaps? I just hope they manage to work out who the lovers were.’

I really enjoyed this book, I loved how it stuck so closely to the original myths/stories. Every character came with flaws and there was depth to all the characters. The book both showed the very horrific nature of this period while not being graphic and hard to read. 

Briseis provided an interesting focal point for the story as she guided us through her life at the time. Through her fear, her hatred, her confusion and her acceptance. Despite how incredulous her story may be to a modern reader, by hearing her thoughts and point of view her story does make a lot more sense. I enjoyed her wit and at times sarcasm even if she couldn’t say it out loud. 

This was an excellent book so much so I immediately went out and bought the second one as I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Animal death, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, War, and Gaslighting

lblackburn04's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

caelfind's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

tinyalpaca's review against another edition

sad tense slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Slavery, Sexual harassment, War, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

dazzy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

farah24's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

corinaphoto's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Sexism

chilivanilli28's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, War, Suicide, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, and Grief