Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

116 reviews

summerc_reads's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

“Everything's ruined, our lives around our lands are ruined, our water, the air, everything.”

Twenty-two years old and drowning in student loans, Kate Beaton leaves Cape Breton and heads west to work in the Alberta oil sands.  Over the next two years, Kate moves through various positions and is constantly confronted with the oppressive, and often dangerous, old-boys mentality at camp. 

Prior to reading Ducks, I knew very little about the oil sands. While I was aware there were oil sands in Alberta, I naively did not understand what they were or the devastating impact they had on the land, people and wildlife, especially on the Indigenous population who were the rightful owners of the now polluted lands.

To say this book was educational would be an understatement! This should be required reading for every Canadian!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

theprinceofdenmark's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, Addiction, Gaslighting, Rape, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: Mental illness

uranaishi's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Excrement, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Cursing, Drug use, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Confinement, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Grief

krobart's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexism

devynreadsnovels's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Stalking, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

TWO fade-to-black rape scenes.

saralouised's review

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

Moderate: Xenophobia and Rape

drbex's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual violence, and Sexism

thekipling's review

dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Sexism

kellymckn's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

te_ss_i's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Drug abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs