Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

21 reviews

harveyrichardwilson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, and Racism

cretaceous's review

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Rape, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcoholism

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Death of parent, Stalking, Slavery, Infidelity, Ableism, Body shaming, Xenophobia, War, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Abandonment

dina9195's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Animal death, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

gracieanna21's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Gore, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Abandonment, Abortion, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Colonisation, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

ginnybrooks's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

Things I liked:
- the description of the west, the illustration of the geography and the ecology 
- Augustus McCrae, most of the time
- the payoff of all the stories intersecting
- Clara and her whole setup in Nebraska
- the rivers

Things I did not like:
- 960 pages of coarse masculinity with little to no growth 
- my own stubbornness to finish this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

kaylakirb's review

adventurous challenging emotional slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse and Animal death

acutefauna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

moonshinemoxie's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

"It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times" Augustus McCrae

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

kuhnja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense

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

5.0

A western Oddysey. Very unlike any other western I’ve consumed before. 

This one took me a minute to get though at almost 900 pages and one missstart. I started this on audio and abandoned it about halfway through because I thought it warranted a little more of my attention and I was so right. I’m glad I restarted from the beginning because it made me appreciate the story so much more. This is one I felt like I would have read and written a paper on in college. I wish I could be in a class and hear the debate and analysis over this one. 

The length helped the epic timeline of the story have more impact. The multiple storylines were an annoyance at first but a delight once I settled in. I loved the interconnectivity. The ending felt a little rushed and tacked on. It was so close to being perfect.

The story was so heartbreaking and raw and real. Trajedy was matter of fact without the drama that most books add. It made the loss feel more like it does in real life. The book was so sad, so funny, so full of longing and what might have been. Hubris and comradery. 

Last year it felt good to hit my reading goal, and this was a different kind of goal, to get through such a long book, but it was such a delight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Violence