Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Perfectly Ordinary People by Nick Alexander, Nick Alexander

8 reviews

lottiemort's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and War

bbarnett1302's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Antisemitism, and Torture

alex_767's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing, would definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Torture, Rape, Genocide, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, War, Suicide, Racism, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

bex1408's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

cturn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

3.75

I enjoyed this read a lot overall. It doesn't quite reach a full 4 stars for me as I didn't enjoy Ruth's story enough to rate it that high. In the middle especially, I was reading on through Ruth's story quickly to get back to reading through Genny's story. I understand the importance of Ruth's story to the novel, and how it served as the anchor to telling her father the truth about his life story, however I feel I would have enjoyed this book more if it was about Genny's story alone. Perhaps the book could have focussed on Genny's story and then wrapped up focusing on the impacts it had on Bill's outlook on life and his relationships with his family. This was an interesting read that I really struggled to put down, and I do recommend it, however it does come with some heavy scenes so do heed the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Torture, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Rape, Body horror, Homophobia, War, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage

annekepaige's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Torture, Genocide, Death, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Abandonment

Beautiful, amazing book. The parallel timelines were perfectly executed. However, I bumped it down to a 4.5 as I found the start very slow and I thought there were too many characters to keep track of, personally. This is especially true of Ruth's extended family on her mother's side, and I was often confused about who characters were. However, ultimately a stunning read that I thoroughly enjoyed

irb's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Homophobia, Hate crime, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, and Antisemitism

shortshortreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

A fantastic story focusing on WWII and the difficulties faced by those who were targeted for their sexual orientation. The layout of the story focuses on Ruth who has uncovered some interviews and soon begins to uncover a lot of truths. Its set between two time periods where we go between Ruth and her life and Genevieve and Pierre.

I became attached to the characters and had to keep reading! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Death, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Genocide, Excrement, Death of parent, and Blood