Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride

56 reviews

irisreads1996's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

It took me a while to get in to this as the prose is very unusual. I was very surprised to find how visual the writing style makes this book - the sentences are not grammatical and don’t make proper sense, however the images that it was able to conjure up was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

laurbass's review against another edition

challenging sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

justanexistentialgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Grief

vickyreptile's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Uffff.
Así se va mi último libro del 2023. Quizás uno de los más desafiantes que leí. 
Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer es, quizás, indescriptible. La historia es una historia familiar, de amor y traumas y dolores compartidos y secretos que se enraizan como hierbas malas. Sin embargo, lo trascendental del libro, de la novela, no es su historia sino la forma de contarla: un monólogo interno sin pausa, asfixiado, entrecortado, una conversación constante con un interlocutor lejano, incapaz de escuchar, un otro que no entiende pero que lo es todo, que es el motor del discurso y el fin y el principio. 
Siento que me va a llevar días terminar de procesar Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer. Siento que el poder hipnótico de su prosa mantendrá su hechizo sobre mí largo y tendido. Lo recomendaría? No lo sé. No solo por los trigger warnings (que debería tener escritos por todos lados), sino porque esa misma prosa afiebrada, caótica, interrumpida, no es de fácil digestión. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

fionasula's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

paigereitz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a hard, hard read. The style was intentionally fragmented, like stream of conscious in the girl's head with limited punctuation or clarity of who is saying what. It was challenging material, and a challenging style. But it is unique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Incest

ezravarley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

listen to the audiobook!!!! i struggle to read prose that’s broken up and styled in the way this book is, so listening to it gave me the full harrowing devastating experience of taking in this story. absolutely crushing story of abuse. don’t expect to finish this and feel good! that’s my cup of tea though and i loved how irish it was so good rating from me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Bullying, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Vomit

_rowan_'s review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Gore, Incest, Cancer, Rape, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Infidelity, Suicide, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

gnothiseauton's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

It was brilliant and terrible and I’ll think of it for the rest of my life and I’ll never read it again. Impossible to describe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, and Death

Moderate: Vomit and Cancer

sxrxhtonin_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, and Rape