Reviews tagging 'Rape'

There There by Tommy Orange

158 reviews

leenzreadz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Blood

itsradsmads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

mtnest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

aidareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

tgaddie's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Colonisation, Rape, Violence, Death of parent, and Racism

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder, Alcohol, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Colonisation, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Drug use, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, Torture, War, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, Body horror, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Excrement, and Rape

mr_cain's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

interesting and well-written.

conclusion was underwhelming, random, and felt rushed>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Death of parent, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident

sarahsbookstacks's review

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’ve been picking away at this collection of stories for a few weeks now and wow. Not a light read but an important one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

aimeereadss's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape