Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

54 reviews

hedsek's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Conceptually I really like this, but the writing style did not work well for me. I only really felt invested during the last quarter of the book, the rest of the time I sort of didn't care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Murder, Drug use, Classism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Police brutality, Sexism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

lydia_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Minor: Torture

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, War, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

abvi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Torture, Suicide attempt, War, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

eli3823's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gun violence, Suicide, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

imlfox's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Homophobia, Police brutality, Death, Genocide, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

ashleyw2021's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

rhi_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Suicide, Police brutality, Violence, Death, Homophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Hate crime, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Gore

soots's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

You were never meant to like the protagonist, but that's what is brilliant about this book. From the get go, he starts off dead, and you will follow his journey in the afterlife. You will be disappointed by what he did do alive, and what he couldn't do dead, and how the people in your life define you when you're no longer physically around. Set in 1980s Colombo, the author (while you giving you some brief information about the politics in Sri Lanka) demands you to be in the moment, expecting you to understand or at least just accept certain phrases, the politics, and the lifestyles of people and who they are at the time. It is intense, it is infuriating, but the plot moves beautifully. Not as easy to read, but I'm glad I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, War, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Kidnapping