Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

185 reviews

mrs_engineer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, and Death

alyssaakdefusco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book! It somehow managed to be an extremely poignant commentary on misogyny and our culture's fetishization of violence against women, but also a true crime story about violence against women that I couldn't put down?! I think it's brilliant what this author has done with this genre. It also felt extremely nostalgic thinking about high school and college as a young woman. All of the excitement and giggling all while moving through a world that we didn't understand and baring the weight of womanhood while we were just girls. Ugh. So good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

booktafayeettazaye's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Definitely one of the best books I've read this year. It was complex, and beautifully explored the impact of human biases, and the very real consequences they hold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

hstcrow's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Reading this felt like holding my breath for five days. Wtf. Very intense, overwhelming, and jolting in terms of the realistic story & crime, and the alarming clarity of how broken the judicial system is, how tight a chokehold the patriarchy, class, and race have on our society. The ending was so perfect and clever. It’s supposed to reflect reality. This is such an incredible feat of a book. Hell yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent

summerofsoaps's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Bullying, Murder, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Car accident

elliv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

capt_torrance7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was very sad and slow to me. I wish it was about half as long. The multiple paragraphs mentioning all the assaults, harassment, etc felt a bit triggering at times, and by the middle of the book, I would skim those parts. I liked it a lot more than The Great Believers. A lot of the stories felt very open ended, like it was up to me to interpret a character’s trauma, motivation, and adjustment. Maybe because the characters themselves weren’t willing to do it? I don’t know, but I wish it had a more satisfying end. Maybe that’s just a me problem. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Cancer

seloesch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, and Sexual assault

curious_oyster's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Death of parent

edamamebean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like it’s important to say from the outset that this is not a murder mystery. It’s a meditation on racism, the justice system, and the constant, almost casual violence that is inflicted upon women. It asked a lot of really important questions and definitely got me thinking. Bodie’s own internal struggle reminded me of a time in my own life when I had to reexamine my high school memories after my favorite teacher was outed as a predator. Something I especially liked about this book was its ability to make clear that what happened to Thalia is not exceptional. In fact, it happens all the time. Worth the read. Although it is very heavy, the subject is handled with care and nuance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic