Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Lui che annegò il mondo by Shelley Parker-Chan

243 reviews

kathi_90's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy

khawkhead's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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I’m so emotional I’m sick with it. A truly brilliant read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

evann140's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

szuum's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, War, Classism

tenderorganic's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved every part of this book until the last five pages, which were--fine. It felt rushed and contemptuous of everything that had come before it. The ending felt incrediby

Disney-esque

, which I'll probably never get over. Either way a spectacular book, but it could have better made its point within the

boundaries of what it is: a tragedy.

edit after having sat with it for like six minutes:

"wahhh I got my brother killed I'm a good person now" I'M MAD. fortunately zhu was the character I genuinely cared about the least but the end was a slap in the face for the reader; her change of heart is abrupt and inexplicable considering she has done AWFUL things over the course of these books and I would have loved to have been forced to sit in the hypocrisy of her choices. parker-chan has written two exquisite books about the horror of ambition and pulls the rug out from under the reader in the last yard with a "tee hee nevermind!" I swear to god I'm going to write my dissertation about adequate emotional payoff in popular literature I'm SO MAD. this book could have ended in at LEAST two other ways that would have RIPPED. 

anyway 4.5 stars. 🙄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

kruff_27's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

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I loved this book, I found it so entertaining and the characters were complex but lovable. It was very reflective and there were many passages that were so beautifully written and emotional. I thought the character development was well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence

summershape's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Self harm, Violence, War

todayinlimbo's review against another edition

5.0

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ouch! 6 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence

djinnc2m's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Grief, Dysphoria, War

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Dysphoria

njthk's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm