Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James

3 reviews

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Hm. I just. I’m not sure it’s necessary for this to exist. It’s not different enough from the first book and doesn’t add very much, the only reason this gets bumped from 2 stars to 3stars is for the last few chapters where Christian’s POV is actually insightful. In reality this is just written for the die hard fans who wanted more but EL James didn’t have any more in their brain to continue to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cursing, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Stalking, and Torture

literate_liz's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I was pleasantly surprised with this read. I haven’t read the original fifty shades trilogy (they’re on my TBR, this one just happened to be available at the library first), but I have seen the movies. I personally didn’t care for the films much, but I really enjoyed this book. The character development was probably the most surprising part of the book for me. I was expecting the characters to be more flat and less relatable, but I found myself interested and invested in their stories as both a couple and as separate characters. I’m interested to see how it compares to the original fifty shades of grey book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Child abuse