Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

5 reviews

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, War, Alcohol, Classism, Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Suicide

runefactories's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

A fascinating look at humankind in a story about contact with an extra terrestrial civilisation, against a backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution and its aftermath. The idea's fascinating, but I found the structure of the story arc a little jagged. This might be to do with the translation - translator Ken Liu adds an interesting afterword about striking the right balance between making the text more familiar to a western audience and keeping the flavour of the original. I also struggled with some of the class attitudes. I'm yet undecided as to whether I'll read the others in the series. The story is far from over so it would be a bit like leaving a book partly read, but I'm not sure I enjoyed it enough to continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse

f18's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: War, Torture, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Sexism, Racism, Genocide, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Cursing

fruya's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Medical content