Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

53 reviews

gabyjo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Sexual violence, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

bookswithtrish's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, War, Pregnancy, Child death, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Deportation, Physical abuse, Death, and Antisemitism

emilyjeanne's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

dwjnv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, War, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Toxic friendship

bookish_bobbie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Minor: Addiction, Antisemitism, Confinement, and Miscarriage

loopyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This book is very well-written. In all honesty, I would have rated it higher if I didn’t see that the family of Cilka requested that the book not be published due to inaccuracies and misrepresentations of her and other characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, Rape, and War

jenniebridges's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

readingwithbec's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

duchess16's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Violence, and War

cwinship's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Antisemitism, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Self harm, and Infertility