Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Women of Troy by Pat Barker

15 reviews

lunaschu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Sexual violence, War, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Slavery, Child death, Misogyny, and Genocide

mommadragon1521's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Murder, Death, Genocide, and Rape

sb_037's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

Was struck by how Pat Barker is able to do justice to a "feminist re-telling" by including actually complex women insomuch that they actually disagree with each other on how best to survive in their given circumstances. Pat Barker humanizes her characters and doesn't let you forget about the atrocities her women have had to face - reminding her readers continually that the pregnancy Briseis bears is wrought with confusion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

hbc72's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and War

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

This is a hard book to rate. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't blown away by it. It focuses on what happened after Troy was defeated and the women trying to deal with the aftermath. Rape, children being killed, killing pregnant women, etc. A hard read, but it was good. You have to go slow to absorb it all. Yet, I didn't love it. Good and I might revisit it, but I don't feel the need to keep it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, and War