Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

25 reviews

altaguti's review

informative reflective sad 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

5.0

las anotaciones explicativas sobre la historia dominicana son maravillosas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

apworden's review

challenging dark slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

christycorr's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Violence, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Child abuse

alisonvh's review

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I had been looking forward to reading this classic for years and I was so disappointed by how incredibly sexist it is. Yes, the prose is gorgeous, but I found myself skimming through it, hoping there would be something more substantial after all the sexism, but no. It was everywhere and I’m just glad I’m done with this book and I never have to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

tosferina's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

suicide