Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Die Zeuginnen by Margaret Atwood

60 reviews

pandapuffs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

karol99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Torture

dobbywobby's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I love the first book, but I wish this one touched on Offred. She is not a present character in this novel. The book shifts through multiple POV and all characters know of Offred and she is respected and feared, but no one really talks about

how she escaped or how her life turns out. It is mostly Aunt Lydia’s perspective showing how Gilead came to be and how Aunt Lydia grew to be the cruel character she is depicted as in the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

celisabell's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I deeply enjoyed knowing more about Gilead's rising and fall. The way the different stories connected gave it a very good flow, and I just couldn't stop reading. It made me want to go back and read the Handmaid's tale once more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

claireargent's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse and Death

bradypus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

madeleinedaly1's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicide attempt

anything's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

reb_reads's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I feel like this book, although entertaining, didn't have the same value as the first. I was hoping that Atwood's resurrection of such an iconic text would add to the conversation of its source text and update it for modern feminism but it was still lacking in any sort of intersectional critique. Whereas the original played an important role in the conversation about reproductive rights in the 1980s, non of this was updated for a less white feminist view. It is still an important issue but I was disappointed Atwood didn't go beyond this. Furthermore, the use of Aunt Lydia felt like poor character development and that it actually undermined the work of the first book.  The lack of continuity felt purely like a fan grab for shock factor, rather than creating a new and more genuine character to fill this role. Name dropping June at the end of the book also felt like a moment of fanfiction rather than a complex plot point, and I would have preferred this left ambiguous. The entire plot didn't need to continue to revolve around these two original characters to be valuable to their previous narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I'm not sure what all the hate was about with this book. I really enjoyed it, and I felt it was compelling. I breezed through it, and wanted to know more with every chapter. Sure, some things were predictable, but with such lovely writing and a killer story I don't think that's the end of the world. 

If you enjoyed The Handmaid's Tale, I highly recommend this one to you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence