Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Gizli Tarih by Donna Tartt

96 reviews

kutreen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I love Donna Tartt's writing. Her imagery and ability to evoke such honest and specific scenes and emotions is unparalleled. This book is about a murder, but make no mistake, it's not a thriller. It's more philosophical. I've noticed Tartt really likes to ponder death and art. The pace of her books is perfect. Both the plot and the characters suck you in. I will say the end was not exactly satisfying, but I don't think it was meant to be. I wish I spent more time pondering the moral and philosophical questions posed by the characters' actions and the protagonist's thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical content, Gun violence, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Self harm, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Racial slurs

chriss0202's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

zoehakim's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Antisemitism, Confinement, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Animal death, Grief, Murder, Outing, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Suicide, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

nyree's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Murder, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Mental illness, Incest, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Classism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Drug use, and Child death

nicolleschumacher's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Truly a masterpiece of literature. The writing is beautiful and evocative. My only qualm with it is the unnecessary amount (meaning adding nothing to the plot or characters) of racist tirades. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence

abbeerambles's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

5.0

Very good book. I am now concerned for the people who romanticize these characters or want to live this kind of "elite" academia life. The entire point of the book, the WHOLE POINT is to warn readers off of wanting to be like them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Racial slurs

Minor: Medical content, Sexism, Death of parent, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

The N-slur is used, specifically directed toward a middle eastern man. There are many generally racist statements made throughout the book, toward many groups of people. Particularly several antisemitic comments. The F-slur is used several times at the beginning of the book. The characters, including the POV character, use drugs and alcohol gratuitously throughout the book.

The twins are incestuous. It's implied that the male twin Charles is abusive toward the female twin Camilla.

reallyandromeda's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

zeegy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I went into this a little suspicious all I've seen of this book were aesthetic shots completing that dark academia mood board. I thought it would just be elitist jerking off other elitist, but it's so much more. The writing gripped me the moment I started the book and had me hooked and rooting for these characters that frankly never do anything right. I go into book ratings with how much I want to reread a book, how much I'm willing to put myself through that emotional rollercoaster again and with this I found myself jumping back pages to reread things in excitement of knowing more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

samvansam's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Minor: Antisemitism and Xenophobia

_lindaa_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship