Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

15 reviews

a_beautiful_soup's review

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Animal death, Confinement, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, Child death, and Dysphoria

tonyay's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content and Genocide

Minor: War and Violence

trinforeman's review against another edition

This book was way to slow and repetitive. Didn't care for the fact that 49 pages in and we are reading about SA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Death

pixa's review

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

This book has magic. I have aphantasia, and it’s not as complete since ketamine therapy, but it’s still like a 4 (if zero is darkness and ten is photographic). But every time I picked this one up I was transported. I could feel the ice, and I could see the fur. 

My feelings about the story itself are… complicated. I have a feeling I’ll be thinking of it for a while before I sort out what I really feel about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, War, Death, Sexual assault, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Sexual content

CW: animal death note regarding the pack:

The 4 primary character animals (dogs/wolf-dogs) all die, but with kindness &/or dignity.

CW: sexual assault note:

In addition to various descriptions of SA including real time assault of the MC, there is discussion of SA from a remorseful rapist’s perspective. There is also an averted father/daughter SA early on.

thyme2sage's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Murder, and Violence

_annika__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Blood, Child death, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Transphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, War, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Pedophilia

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I loved the story, but Brandr’s character was flat to me. Everything toward the end seemed to kind of get jumbled, and Brandr’s character made even less sense. This book also covers gender, race, and colonialism in… possibly not good ways? The author’s white, but the story is about Inuit, there is a lot of talk of Omat’s gender, and some other stuff. 

The story was fast-paced and never boring and I liked Omat’s character, but idk how I feel about the aforementioned issues were handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

katiechu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, though it does get dark and challenging at times. I thought Omat was a very strong protagonist who grapples with survival, gender identity, violence, and spirituality in a harsh environment, and the author tactfully interacted with all of these subjects without it becoming heavy-handed or grating. I also enjoyed the fantasy elements, and the way that the mythologies of multiple cultures interacted with each other and were explored - though I would be curious to see how members of the cultures that were centered felt about the way they were represented in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Dysphoria

jellifysh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Sexual violence

emakay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Outing, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War