Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

7 reviews

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Rape

Minor: War and Colonisation

mavemarie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Slavery, War, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Sexism, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Minor: Incest

alyssabkaplan's review

reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Minor: Rape

purplesoccer126's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Classism, Child death, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Pregnancy

novels_and_nephrons's review

challenging inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Rape

bmt1005's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was one of the first multi-generational books I’ve read, and I loved following the family and town through generations. There were parts of this book that made it impossible for me to put down, and there were so many beautiful moments and quotes and sentiments. My only critique is how many things were going on in the book. It was amazing to have the background and context for a lot of what was happening, and that really contributed to the themes of the book. However, there were so many issues and events that were covered, and I found myself dragging through some of the topics that got more attention while wanting more of some of the topics that were skimmed over. It left me with some questions, and it felt like there were some loose ends. Overall, really enjoyed this book, even though it confirmed I could never be a doctor bc I’m too squeamish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Medical content, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Medical content, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: War

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

Another fantastic book from Abraham Verghese. It's been 14 years since "Cutting for Stone," but this book didn't disappoint. I loved it from the first sentence until the last word.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicide attempt, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and War