Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart

4 reviews

mandkips's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Trafficking, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual violence and Injury/Injury detail

hezajc's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad

• 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? It's complicated

3.0

I read this book as part of my book club and with the intent of learning more about Ukraine. The entirety of the backdrop of this book (the 2014 Maiden protest movement) I had no idea about. This book helped to put the current war in Ukraine in context. 

The main characters of the book wove together in interesting ways, although there were certainly points where I was confused. When I picked up the book, I found it to be a fast read (despite the heavy content), but I could also leave the book for long stretches and not really think about it. All in all, I'm glad to have read it, but it isn't a must read by any means. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

sjanke2's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Rape, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Abandonment, Biphobia, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Outing, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyacres's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual violence