Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

8 reviews

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Homophobia, Racism, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

andthenweread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

with lyrical, haunting, and unflinching prose, this book develops into an unfathomably bleak story, but i couldn’t look away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Incest, War, Homophobia, and Child abuse

eevi_222's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Incest

afternoonlight's review against another edition

dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

Excellent blend of mythology, diaspora, and a love tragedy set against the backdrop of war. Fucked me up!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Incest

Minor: Fatphobia

leeez's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This shit was DISMAL. I hated/pitied every character in the book. Overall good writing, but you gotta be in the mood for it. Rated on my enjoyment of the book, not how good/bad it was. Read in 3 hours.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

aurinkotuulia's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal death, and Blood

srm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

So, read this in a single day, and I'm still processing. Perhaps I'll write something like a review some other time, but atm, I'm not sure i can say anything coherent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, and Incest

myrymayranen's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse