Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Tajemna historia by Donna Tartt

193 reviews

littleredwinter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The characters feel like complicated, fully formed human beings. They’re not lovable per se but that’s the point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Grief, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

One character makes homophobic and antisemitic remarks. The characters come from wealthy white families and it’s strongly implied in certain spots that their families are somewhat racist and classist.

ibroughtyouknives's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Classism, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Death, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

kelseyr713's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

2.0

I appreciated this on a technical level, but there is so little happening (in terms of plot) from page to page and it’s just not what I’m looking for in the contemporary books I read. I love this level of detail in science fiction or fantasy or speculative novels, but I don’t think it’s necessary here.

It definitely made the English Literature major part of my brain light up again though. I was thinking about essay topics as I read (the amount of character analysis alone…)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Murder, Classism, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Xenophobia, Drug use, Abandonment, Incest, Blood, Car accident, Antisemitism, Racism, Rape, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Violence

wormgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Alcoholism, Sexism, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Classism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

racbuckallew's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a masterpiece. This is a criticism of romanticization, but it deserves the attention it has received. Tartt knows her target audience and hits them where it hurts. “Modern classic” is the best description, but I can’t quite locate this piece among anything else I’ve ever read. If I could it for the first time again, I would, but seeing as I cannot, I will never be able to read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Incest, Sexual content, Death, and Alcoholism

2j4d3's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

norea999's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

Donna Tartt's writing is soon lyrical and for a lack of a better word perfect. She makes you feel what she imagined through the most graphic imagery. 
And of course the book gives major dark academia vibes, as it's a comment on elitism and classism and how far from reality these people are. 
BUT the second half of the book took forever to finish because there isn't any real plot, like the first half also has some "just vibes" passages but there it serves to introduce the reader into the lives of the characters. But in the second half it's basically a lot of drinking and drugs and of course this has a deeper meaning but that didn't make it any easier to read. 
And all the name dropping of grand philosophers and poets and what not, which I get again serves the point of showing the elitism, but was nontheless annoying because it just made me feel dumb for looking every other word up. This also extends to the general language, but I think mostly non-native speakers (C1) like myself would struggle with that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Homophobia, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder

soph_la's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, Incest, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

777reagan's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Incest, Homophobia, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Suicide attempt

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, Classism, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Suicide