Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

5 reviews

marycollins's review against another edition

dark lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

thejourneys's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of my favourite books, I've re-read it about 10 times now. I love the range of characters, the difficult parts and the funny bits and the romance of course. It's a longer, more serious romance read, not for a beach read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Transphobia

beekaycee's review against another edition

emotional sad 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: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Cancer, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

emilayday's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I can't believe this is the same book I read 14 years ago and always randomly thought about and then I wasn't sure if it was two plot lines from the same book or two different books but I knew the cover art looked familiar when I saw this at the free library and then kept staring at it on my bookshelf. Anyway, it was great to reread the whole party about the alcoholic plotline again as someone who was then actively drinking vs now in recovery and I think Keyes really captured that storyline well.

Not that it's all a downer! There's some funny parts as well as Irish humor (US reader) and there's levity and even though it's a lot of pages, it's a face paced read. 

I will say, it's also a different landscape now than it was then when the book first came out, as such you really have to be able to take a lot of insensitivity with a grain of salt to get at the bigger picture. Definitely racism and trans/queer phobia but then maybe that's the point of that character because it was mostly through Lola's lens on those incidences hmm. Still though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Transphobia and Abortion

Minor: Islamophobia

mahamsiddiqui's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Islamophobia