Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Cantik Itu Luka by Eka Kurniawan

60 reviews

pyropaws's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Rape

Minor: Homophobia

caitmckinney's review against another edition

Intended to read for the "in translation" square of Seattle book bingo, but after a strong opening, we moved into the r*pe of livestock and I thought "Is this going to keep going?" and a bunch of reviews say it does and gets worse, so I think I'll need to find another option.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Sexual violence

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Child death, Classism, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Police brutality, Vomit, Grief, Incest, Cursing, Sexual assault, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Body shaming, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Pregnancy, Confinement, Suicide, Colonisation, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Torture, and Violence

nadsbrn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Contrary to how popular this book is... I don't like it. 
I don't think that this is for me.
It's not because of the explicit language but I just don't like how it jump from one side story to another with too much detail eventhough it all make sense eventually.
I struggled to finish this book, I had to push myself to not just abbandon it.
I felt nothing except for nauseous from all the incest and disgusting sex between the in law and also the rape. ESPECIALLY THE RAPE. AND THE GROOMING. If you love female sexual abuse, this book has all of it. The only interesting part for me is only the history part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Rape, and Incest

emka918's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

susrutha_sam's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

Satirical, magical realism and very well written. Pick out any adjective from the dictionary and it can be used to describe this book. 

A must read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicide attempt

lettevy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Violence, Rape, Child death, Colonisation, Torture, and War

augie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

The story is complex and well-woven but I found the laissez-faire approach to sexual assault and violence very off-putting.  I may be missing some context from the mythology used as inspiration,  but this was definitely a really rough read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Rape

_kathill's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, War, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Gore

lyssylyssy's review against another edition

At some point, it shifted from being about Dewi Ayu to being about the awful men in her life and how they groomed her daughters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Animal death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Trafficking, War, Rape, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy