Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

470 reviews

fi_sandison's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

lahars_little_library's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

The writing style by Zevin is gripping. Watching the story of two friends live and work together over decades and the realistic ways their relationship changes was masterful. There was quite a lot of triggering content but it was all handled delicately. I was so invested in the lives of these characters they felt so real to me as a reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

ktrain3900's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I admittedly have a hard time with super hyped books, or super hyped anything really. The more popular it is, the more I tend to hate it. I didn't hate this book. In fact, I liked it. The writing was beautifully layered. The story was engrossing. The games that the characters created were a delight. And unlike some readers, I like when authors throw in an occasional word I don't know and have to look up. The characters? Well, I'm reminded of a line from the comic Strange Planet: "The being is fictional. My anger is real." Between self-pitying Sam, manic pixie dream girl Sadie, and milquetoast Marx, ugh. The grandparents were the only ones I could tolerate.  All in all, I liked this more than I've liked most super hyped things. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Car accident, and Abortion

annah_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.0

I had heard great things about this book, which I expected to be in the ilk of Normal People. I didn’t feel any connection to the characters, though not unlikeable. This was an ok read during my commute but I was almost left disappointed by the book. I potentially had high/incorrect expectations but just didn’t love this book like I wanted to. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

kimew2023's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

I really enjoyed this. The characters were well drawn and I enjoyed the evolution of them and relationships. I'm not a Gamer, but found there was the right amount of content and it was interesting to learn more about that world.
It was the sort of book  where I felt sad when it finished and sad to leave the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

craftycatmum's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

bothsidespsych's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction and Eating disorder

lidenek's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

Don’t know why I waited so long to read this. The way the story is told is beautiful. So many different perspectives, and timelines but woven together seamlessly! Beautiful story of friendship and trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a nuanced story about friendship, love, life's tragedies, success and failure.

Even though I'm not a gamer it was interesting to see how the gaming industry and in particular development works.

There is some representation of a main character who suffers from chronic pain. The book portrayed the isolation and impact on the person's life and their loved ones very  realistically. He is not a good role model for pain management though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lenak's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder