Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

31 reviews

aliveandnotlovingit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this was horrifying and so uglily tragic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Violence

noiraet's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

ra042312's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, War, Murder, and Racism

cheri_reads's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Unfortunately, this book takes a while to get into. I finally became interested around page 100 (just before really, but not much). Once you hit that section, it moves quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

katemarie99's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape

uhm_kai's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i'm so upset bc nothing ever ends up happy and people don't care about each other and it sucks 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Death, Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Police brutality, Infidelity, and Gun violence

dekkerrr's review

sad fast-paced

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

1.5

NOT a fan. The entire second half of the book felt so rushed, and the way the characters were written rendered them entirely unbelievable. The conversation trying to be had is important, but I was utterly disappointed by this author’s attempt to have it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Self harm

synnove_s's review

dark emotional sad

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

2.25

White Saviourism. White Fragility. White man writing 
the marketing of the book tricked me into thinking I was about to read a heart warming story.  This is not heartwarming.  it is gut wrenching. I would read a story about the refugee crisis, I would read the story of the hardships of a young Nigerian woman thrown into a detention center. I would read about her unlikely connection to a white British woman. However, I felt something was off reading it all from a white male voice. The end was ambiguous. The author could have written an article about the issues instead of a book, or he could have written it with male voice not a young black girl or a rich white woman. ugh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

myantigone's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

noomzoom's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Deportation, and Rape

Moderate: War, Infidelity, Death, Grief, and Torture