Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

29 reviews

ellida's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

elizabethchoi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

bunnyprincess's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Child death

vilde_a's review

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely stunning! Such a brutal beauty about this book. I haven’t been so engaged in a book since middle school probably. Would also like to throw this book at any man that argues that all the films about Troy/Romans etc, are right to not include women in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Vomit

vici24kl's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, War, Violence, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Death, Child death, Blood, Animal death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

fynnnnnn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and War

carolinasbooks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I don’t even know where to begin with this book. 

I read this soon after I read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller which made it so jarring. In TSoA, Achilles and Patroclus are lovers and it’s beautiful. However, in The Silence of the Girls, they aren’t lovers and Achilles is a horrible person - he slaughters everyone in his path and essentially rapes Briseis over and over. 

It’s very brutal and some things like smells or the way a corpse looks are described so well and realistically that there were a few moments that made me gag. 

This is such an important read because The Iliad is so focused on men and this book flips that on its head because you get to see it all through the eyes of the women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and War

ha1yan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism, Excrement, and Vomit

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit