Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

12 reviews

lay_kone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Physical abuse, Murder, Cancer, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: War

Minor: Abortion

tanorthness's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

runefactories's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, and Animal death

missbrookss's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

This book literally put me in a reading slump and I will never forgive Margaret Atwood.

Also massive trigger warning for multiple instances of r*pe of a child. I would not recommend this book tbh. Like at all. 

Three women are personally victimized by the femme fatale type taking their limp men. I just quite frankly can’t stand a cheater trope and I really can’t stand that the men cheating in this story are not the villain, the woman is. And then of course by the end of the story we get this weird flip towards sisterhood? Make it make sense. 

These girlies are so freaking obsessed with Zennia and her body, it was very uncomfortable. Like are you mad she took your man or are you mad she didn’t choose you. I know Atwood is supposedly a genius so I’m giving the benefit of the doubt and saying - I think or hope, I guess, that all of this is intentional. Maybe. But also considering how first wave her feminism is, it may not be. It may just be a shite book. 

The pacing is all over the place and it’s relatively overwritten. She spends a lot of time talking about boobs and genitalia. Very confusing for supposed star writer and feminist icon Margaret Atwood. I wish I had never read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Pedophilia

sixtimes's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

baenae's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Animal death

catsandteabooks's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

analia's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense 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: Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Suicide

volcanogirl's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This book has written by a white woman syndrome with a sprinkling of insanely graphic sexual violence. There's some interesting stuff for sure in here but it's difficult to get past the setup

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape