Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

333 reviews

aboo99's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

Listened to the audio bc I was scared reading it, but it's okay. I was spoiled by reading the reviews (my bad) but still liked it enough to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

emilosophy's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

I think I let people hype it up too much for me, so my expectations were really high… this was a really mediocre read with some tropes & racist depictions i find…done  poorly & was mostly unnecessary. (i know theyre trying to provide a “realistic 1960s setting” but it was poorly done.)
Overall, I was a bit disappointed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder

hannekeemmerink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Prachtig! Geen woorden voor 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

bia21nka's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

a_novi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.5

This is a beautiful book. I have never seen the movie but I heard it was amazing so I head this book and I’m so glad. It’s interesting, emotional, and there’s a satisfying (but predictable in my case)twist at the end. If my mom was alive I would be sending her this book to read. She would have loved it.

That mf Chase Andrew’s deserved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Grief, and Child abuse

danireads12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I finally read this book! It took me forever because I wanted to absorb it all. I didn’t want it to end. I haven’t read a lot of mystery books, but I loved this one. It was so beautiful, sad, mysterious, and so much more. I loved it and would read again. There are some scary parts I didn’t love, but it makes sense to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

asparker's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.25

This was so slow and it felt like the story developed in broken pieces rather than slowly synthesizing together. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism

kaylielongley's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.5

Romanticizes a new-to-me setting, incredibly moving character development, and feelings of both To Kill a Mockingbird and Wendell Berry. Genuinely shocked this is a debut!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

memel788's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This was a great book with lots of deeper meanings imbedded into the plot and character development. I enjoyed reading it being able to relate to Kya myself and especially around the family issues that’s brought up. At first I didn’t think I would be able to read the book but it didn’t take long until all I wanted to do was read it. The ending had a pretty big plot twist that makes me want to read the book again with the new perspective I have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, and Abandonment