Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Die Geschichte einer kurzen Ehe by Anuk Arudpragasam

3 reviews

gilnean's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

flavoredfaeman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

megan_bbender's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

This book is not very entertaining, but it is more than just words on a page. The author is trying to convey a message between the lines however I am still unclear on what it is supposed to be. I think it is important to be open-minded and to pay attention to truly grasp what the author is saying, but unfortunately due to the over extreme amounts of detail I didn't have the energy to continue trying.

Although this book is beautifully written, sometimes there is just too much. I often found myself rereading pages to understand what was going on and at some parts I was skimming the pages rather than reading them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Cursing and Sexual violence