Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

6 reviews

amsswim's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

I really liked this but boy it was slow. I'd recommend if you are into historical fiction, but this also crosses directly into true crime. Margret Atwood clearly did her research and really brought this story to life. Glad I was finally able to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pedophilia, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abandonment, Deportation, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

peepder's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy

belial's review

dark informative 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

3.75

I think the book was well written, it's just difficult to grasp and much too slow for my taste.
But credit where credit is due, Atwood is an excellent writer and I like the style of writing she chose for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Murder

alexandramrtin's review

adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

4.75

atwood had a big task of turning a fact into fiction, and she nailed it. she added just enough fictitious elements to embellish the history, while still keeping the ambiguity as to the truth of the matter.
the imagery is beautiful. i don’t know if i’m primed to pick up on motifs and ideas in atwood’s work as we went very in depth in handmaid’s tale for IB, but i’m getting it. everything makes sense, everything is so well crafted.
story itself is good. the premise/skeleton of the story is fascinating, especially giving the fact that it really happened! as for the added fictitious details, they felt so real and were so well embedded that the book felt both like accurate reality, or a brilliant work of fiction. 
i would definitely read it again, as i’m sure i missed some details!

only reason i removed 0.25 is because grace marks does not end up with who i was rooting for the whole while but alas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Alcohol, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

katievh's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-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: Death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Classism, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Confinement

Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Body shaming