Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

4 reviews

cait's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, War, Death, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

strawbibble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad 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

Graphic: Abortion, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, War, and Infertility

mergwenthur's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

where do i even begin with this review! i loved this book, it was so beautifully well written. 

i read the journey of lily through her childhood to her old age and viewed her relationship with snow flower and how both of them developed individually and as same-olds. 

set in mid-1800s i read as lily and snow flower dealt with things such as footbindings, tragedies, love, death, marriage and children. 

cultural and society traditions were adapted and the challenges lily and snow flower went through were eye opening. 

it was a beautiful yet tragic story which leaves you with so many emotions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child death, and Classism

adl2990's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Addiction