Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

38 reviews

arabellaruby's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.25

Slightly disjointed at times, but impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

zina_jo's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse

michelle_my_belle's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Racism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Deportation, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: War

katie_arce's review

emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

This is a short novel with multiple POVs of a handful of women, most related to one another. It does what, I think, good books do, which is make you think about things you had not thought of before/shows you things from a different perspective. I LOVED the first story. Like I’m upset we never got to revisit it because I just thought it was beautiful and tragic. The stories are woven together nicely, although they are all heartbreakingly sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

rosa_inverno's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This was incredible. The only downside is it could have been longer. I wanted to spend more time with some of these characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Drug abuse

catlandia91's review

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, War, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Racism

Minor: Toxic relationship and Physical abuse

reads2cope's review against another edition

5.0

"I think about this often, about whether the past is real if we don't bring it into the present. Tree falling in the forest and all that.  I'm okay, I say.  I don't know if I am the tree or the no one who doesn't hear it."

An incredibly well done multi-generational story of multiple families. I loved the way each thread of plots and characters and themes wove together across time and boarders and families. These stories laid bare the atrocities of the immigration systems in the USA in a way that furthered the plots and without disrupting the pacing. A masterpiece of grief and love and struggle and resilience. Every character is nuanced and makes sometimes terrible and almost always necessary choices, and I couldn’t help but love all of them.

“What a luxurious thing, to feel. The pain a tender ache now that she could massage and curl into. For so long, she’s held the grief at bay.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Incest, Drug abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Rape, Grief, Xenophobia, and Addiction

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

vera_cologne's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Best book I read this year. The stories are amazing and the writing is absolutely beautiful. Couldn’t put it down and can’t wait to read more like this!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, War, Racism, Xenophobia, Drug use, Child abuse, and Rape

lizzieberry's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse