Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Glory by Elizabeth Wetmore

32 reviews

l_r_j_malland's review against another edition

4.25

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book really captures the culture of West Texas oil fields. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Self harm, Abortion

beiiadonna's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

elliez's review against another edition

3.5

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion

kitty03's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

erikaboyerkern's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

valje's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is a novel that seems to speed up and slow down, speed up and slow down.  A lot of the time it can make you feel angry at the way the characters live their lives.  But I thoroughly enjoyed the read and look forward to seeing what Elizabeth Wetmore does next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment

nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 Every book has at least one good thing, she tells Jesse, because she's 
pretty sure he can't read, not really. Love stories and bad news and evil 
masterminds, plots as thick as sludge, places and people she wishes 
she could know in real life, and words whose loveliness and music 
make her want to cry when she says them aloud. 

Through the voice of a ten-year-old, Elizabeth Wetmore describes her own book perfectly. Valentine has each of these elements, complicated and intricately tied together. Romantic love and love between strangers. Devastation arriving on the front doorstep, followed by its instigator. Density and dexterity perfectly married as she threads the plot through the perspectives of these Texas women.

Haunting and lyrical, Wetmore's debut (debut!) is experimental, and she so perfectly distinguishes and inhabits every new voice: omniscient third person, close third person, first person, choral. The landscape becomes a character, embodied dryness and dust that brought me right into the world of Odessa, Texas.

Valentine is a study of reverberations, the convergence of characters in a single instant and the impact of that moment on the rest of their lives. Trauma and post-trauma, unexpected associations and triggers. This is a sensational book, poignant and enchanting and quietly shocking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Grief

emilyr's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Following a brutal assault of a young Mexican girl, the novel explores what life is like for women and girls in a West Texas oil town. The point of view changes between several women in the town and each character feels authentic and lived in. It is a powerful portrayal of how the crushing power of the patriarchy affects them differently across generation, family status, and race. It is simultaneously frustrating and empowering to see how some try to escape, some try to fight back, some feel hopeless, and they all try to live their lives on their own terms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Kidnapping

mulletapologist's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief

Minor: Death, Miscarriage