Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

79 reviews

filipapintovieira's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Violence

rubbercitykitten's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Child death, Violence, and Racism

ile94's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Child death, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest

amehlia's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Police brutality

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent and Incest

nicolelovesbooks's review against another edition

2.0

What I will say: the writing itself— the prose and poetic lyrical quality of it— was beautiful, and even cheeky at times. 
But the story was hard to follow and quite frankly, horrible. I’m not going to say I regret listening to this (it was for book club obviously), but I’m certainly glad I went with the abridged version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism

atthehuskinbee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Rape, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Incest

mengzhenreads's review

challenging emotional slow-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

4.75

This book has so much to unpack. the writing? delicious. the plot? nuanced and complex. the characters? rich with history and personality. I need to reread this asap because there's just so much to analyze.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Racism

darla78's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

At times beautifully written and at times somewhat incoherent. I expected a twist or surprise that would make it worth it, but the foreshadowing was so thick that the story unfolded easily and the last third of the book only reiterated what I'd already figured out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Incest

averyssliceofreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Violence, Racism, and Sexual assault

selimhannah's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Child death, Classism, Death, Violence, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, Incest, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Car accident, Body shaming, Colonisation, Confinement, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Fatphobia