Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Die zweite Schwester by Chan Ho-Kei

9 reviews

felinecie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a little bit confusing but idk maybe it’s just me and my slow brain… it’s just too much to take in… 

but if you like a book with tons of infos about technology then you might like it,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Bullying

lor_nia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Suicide, Death, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Grief, and Homophobia

muyelinh's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Als Au Nga-Yee von der Arbeit in ihre Hongkonger Wohnung zurückkehrt ist ihr ganzes Leben mit einem Mal zerstört: Ihre kleine Schwester Siu-man, das einzige ihr verbliebene Familienmitglied, hat Suizid begangen und sich vom Balkon des Hochhauses gestürzt. Schnell ist Nga-Yee sich klar, dass die Schuld für diesen Tod bei dem Verfasser einer anonymen Nachricht im Internet liegen muss, der eine beispiellose Hetzjagd in den Tiefen der Onlinewelt losgetreten hat. Mithilfe des Hackers N versucht sie, den Täter zu finden und entfesselt einen Racheplan.

"Die zweite Schwester" ist nicht nur ein Kriminalroman, wie der Titel suggeriert. Zwar beginnt die Suche mit detektivischem Ermitteln, doch wandelt sich die Geschichte immer mehr zu einem waschechten Hackerthriller. Am Ende steht ein ziemlich universelles Resultat, das Köpfe zum Rauchen bringt, aber trotzdem von einer bestechenden Logik durchzogen ist.

Die Art, wie das faszinierende und doch so enigmatische Handwerk des Hackens in die Story implementiert ist, hat mir sehr gefallen. Der Hacker ist hier nicht Protagonist, sondern Erklärbär, obwohl er das eigentlich gar nicht sein will. Überhaupt ist die Handlung zeitweise angenehm, zeitweise beängstigend realistisch. N ist eine wahnsinnig vielschichtige und beeindruckende Figur. Die Dynamik hat mir gut gefallen, man muss allerdings damit klar kommen, dass er ein sehr verschlossener Zeitgenosse ist - und gerne mal drei Schritte voraus, ohne das irgendwem mitzuteilen. Auch Nga-Yee ist gut gezeichnet und bietet ein hohes Identifikationspotenzial.

Nur sehr vereinzelt fühlte ich mich von den plötzlich auftauchenden Zusammenhängen etwas überrollt oder, wenn das IT-Business und die High Society thematisiert werden, nicht so recht abgeholt. Bis kurz vor Schluss wartet der Roman mit interessanten Twists auf, ohne seine Glaubwürdigkeit zu verlieren.

Das Werk ist ein großer Wurf und mein bisheriges Jahreshighlight. Ich kann jedem Leser nur raten, sich selbst auf die Jagd zu begeben und seine eigenen kombinatorischen und schließlich auch moralischen Grenzen einmal selbst auszuloten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

didyousayrysha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Grief, Sexism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

onion's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Death, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Violence, Torture, and Alcohol

erid's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

High key mad Nga-Yee and N didnt get together but ok
This was actually rly good, it took a lot of turns that werent always unpredictable, i just didnt expect it to go there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

emre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Self harm, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Terminal illness

gaylien420's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 stars
This had so many twists and turns and no question was left unanswered. I enjoyed this a lot, but some topics were rather heavy and triggering, so here's some content warnings, if you want to read it:
- sexual assault and abuse (heavy trigger warning, detailed), sexism, pedophilia
- suicide, bullying, self harm (graphic)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Outing and Lesbophobia