Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

188 reviews

lbewley's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

cathy_alice's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder

muzzleflash's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence

bookish_bry's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I did enjoy this book quite a bit and it was a surprisingly easy read despite it's length. I'm not 100% sure why I liked it so much honestly. Usually I can put my finger on it, but not this time. I think I liked or was intrigued by a good number of the characters (particularly Philip). It was rather predictable, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing in this case, just a different type of storytelling compared to the plot twisty narratives we usually see today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: War

averyhers's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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

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this book is so so so good and surprisingly fast and engaging for how long it is… BUT there’s literally no need for the graphic assault scenes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault

0124eliza's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder

rogerwatersballs's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

directorpurry's review against another edition

2.75

informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, War

Minor: Infidelity, Xenophobia, Islamophobia

quotablenate's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence

claire_riach's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy