Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

12 reviews

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

mgrs43's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

amelia_joan's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Child death, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Murder, and Cancer

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Violence, Alcoholism, Murder, Ableism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Classism, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

bahamyulala's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

mairaculi's review against another edition

adventurous dark

3.0

I didn't love it. It's a very atmospheric novel and I liked the setting on the moors. It was also engaging and never boring.

But it felt a bit staged. I got this 'story by recipe' feeling from this book: Take all your ingredients (strong female lead, rough nature setting, dark November night, a mysterious old house, bad guys, handsome stranger,...) mix them together and your sure to end up with a great story. But it didn't work out for me, it was too obvious.

What didn't help was that I didn't get Mary's character. Her 'I don't need a man' attitude didn't go well with her 'I can't because I'm a woman' mindset and what especially irked me was the 'he kissed me once therefore I now belong to him' logic - not romantic to me. The love story was not convincing. Her love interest didn't feel at all like the 'mysterious stranger' I was promised. The mystery itself also didn't feel very mysterious to me and while I didn't see it coming I was not surprised but rather disappointed with the twist at the end, especially with how stereotypical the character in question had been portrayed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder and Sexual assault

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

I started reading this back in 2017 and I’ve only now picked it up again. I’ve read quite a few of Daphne Du Maurier’s works and I found this book to have the most unsettling tone of all of them all (a reason I initially put it down). The story was fantastic and gritty as always, but I had trouble getting into this one as I have with the others. I don’t know if the large reading gap contributed or not. I’m curious to watch one of the many screen adaptations of this to see if it influences my lasting opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent

booksandmo's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

josieruby1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Violence

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