Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

2015 reviews

saumyagupta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

2.5

Really enjoyed reading the book and especially loved the different characters' point of view. The pacing felt a bit off. My main issue is how the heavy topics were handled, especially rape. The protagonist gets raped by a professor and it gets mentioned in really extreme detail with little to no mention of it after the page 20. It felt a bit weird to me. 
But I did enjoy this book and it was a page turner for sure and it also made me cry. I do wish some topics were more explored and some topics weren't dragged on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Racism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

mochasandmetaphors's review against another edition

inspiring 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? No

5.0

A female chemist in the 1950s? Unheard of. Mostly because Elizabeth's male coworkers tried to steal and pass off her work as their own.  An MC with a very honest get-to-the-point personality and some interesting quirks (hello 6:30), Elizabeth is interesting to watch and surprisingly easy to root for. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

livscosycorner's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide

rowlyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Car accident

erica_0000's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, and Sexual assault

beccamay99's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

cmcahill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

July 2024. Leading the discussion of this book with the UUCUC Feminist Book Group

Elizabeth Zott, a scientist working in the 50's is surrounded by people who are threatened by her beauty, intelligence, but mostly threatened by the fact that she doesn't listen to the nay-sayers. I don't want to put in any spoilers, but I can say that her life doesn't go in directions she expected. Some folks might find the story a bit didactic, but having worked in a lab for several years, Elizabeth's story sadly rang true to my experience in the 1980s. 

This was actually my second reading. Read it last year with the Reading Between the Wines book group.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Bullying, and Misogyny

beccawantuck's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Misogyny

elerireads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

4.25

I felt slightly misled by all the people saying this was a fun book, because at least the first 150 pages were basically non stop trauma. But it was gripping and i did come to appreciate the kind of dark humour in the second half of the book. Quite a satisfying ending and I liked the more general point with the cooking show about how you can make serious impacts and get serious points across with something that's not necessarily where you would expect to find those things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

lilac_forest's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

Got entertaining (for me) in the second half of the book, liked the strong character vibe (Elizabeth), didn't like the pov of the dog

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape