Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

32 reviews

katiebowers's review

challenging dark

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

DNF. A lot of the reviews of this book call it overwrought, which yeah, there is a lot of intensity in the descriptive writing, and for me, it was unappealing. But ultimately why I put it down was that there were just, I felt, way too many graphic sex scenes featuring 15-year-olds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

btothebooks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

0.75

The only reason I finished this book was because it was the last one I needed to finish my reading challenge for the year. Otherwise I would have DNF’ed it around 30 pages in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

omnipresent_photon's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, and Sexism

nwordsmith's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

siobhanward's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

 I don't know if I didn't like the characters, or the plot, or what, but this was a slog. I'm not sure what I was supposed to be thinking while I read this book - the second part of the book was interesting as it unraveled a lot of the first part, but then the end felt detached from the rest of the book and it left me wondering what had happened (and not in a good way).

The plot was hard to stomach - a lot happens in this book that is really just hard to read, and it isn't made any better by the fact the characters feel like odd caricatures (which is explained in the second part of the book, but didn't make the first part easier to read). This book has very mixed reviews, but one reviewer put it well in that if you don't like it in the first ~50 or so pages, you won't like it at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Rape

hollyglolightly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

It’s metafiction. 🤯 The whole point is to hate the things people say they hate, which is why you have to trust the author long enough to keep going to parts 2 and 3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

travisppe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The format of this book is going to stick with me for a long time. Very cool. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Outing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual violence

internetegg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

backpocket_'s review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I think Choi balanced the temporal and pov shifts really well in this story. It was fascinating to feel your understanding of these situations shift as the characters' perceptions and understanding shifted as well. The prose is also deliciously detailed and rich.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, and Pedophilia

readbycarina's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death, and Pregnancy