Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Three Women - Drei Frauen by Lisa Taddeo

55 reviews

jamieleepilk's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

This book was nothing like what I thought it would be based on other peoples recommendations and reviews. Recommendations and reviews I might add that are covering the inside cover of the book, to the point where looking at them I felt like I was reading a totally different book.
Going in I thought this would be a straight forward non-fiction look at female desire, focusing on the lives of three women. What I got was a book that is three women's stories regurgitated in a way that makes them read like fiction, the writing itself was emotive, raw and extremely well crafted but it just fell a little flat? I was unsure as the point of the book as I didn't seem to actually be about female desire at all. It was hard to read a lot of this book seen as it contains a lot of trauma, assault and abuse.
I feel like the goal for this book was brilliant but the execution less so. I would have probably much preferred it to be more like the Prologue and the Epilogue, reading the Prologue I thought that this was what I was in for and I was excited but sadly for me it did go downhill from there.
I will say that I can see Taddeo's writing talent and I will most likely be picking up her fictional novel that is out later this year to see if that is better suited to what I was after. I'm gutted that this fell flat for me after all the sparkling reviews and recommendations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Blood

devikapha's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

holliejoy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

onion's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

bowmand11's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

katehoward's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

1.0

This book was such a missed oppurtunity. I thought Taddeo was going to use the stories of three women in America as a backdrop to the psychology of desire and how that presents in our patriarchal society, offering analysis and commentary on women's desires. Instead it was just a retelling of three women's sex lives- one of which is a girl who was sexually abused and manipulated by her high school teacher and I do not how I feel about that being included in a story of 'desire'.

If Taddeo took the time to seek out experts, psychologist, or sociologist, to give commentary and analysis would have elevated allowing the reader to gain knowledge about the psychology of desire rather than just stories of other peoples sex lives. For example, if Taddeo brought in a psychologist the specializes in sexual assault or post-traumatic stress disorder to talk about how the trauma of being a victim of pedophilia can echo throughout ones life and the effects in has on desire later in life would have added more substance to the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

marcellemf's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

meghanvolkman's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

ciarrav's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Lisa Taddeo follows the story of three women (as the title suggests) and their sexual journeys. This book demonstrates the oppression women face when it comes to their sexual awakening and satisfaction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Suicide