Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

80 reviews

amachattie's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This felt like a fun romp and definitely appealed to me as someone broadly and sometimes professionally interested in history. I could see the tone (very British, very dry and glib) not working for everyone, but it felt mostly fun to me. I did not love the quantity of sexual assault and also that the author threw in a miscarriage as an important source of conflict. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

readingelli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

bethkinley's review against another edition

I can suspend disbelief over the practicalities of a time traveling organization that hires historians to witness history—they only send two general historians to the the Cretaceous period to study geology, vulcanology, all of the various flora and fauna? Sure, fine. MC is bland, uninteresting, and emotionless? Whatever. It was the out-of-nowhere sexual violence that made me want to jump ship. Follow that up with a random, graphic sex scene that makes no sense to the plot or characters that broke the camel’s back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

eloise__'s review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Child death

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Death, and Medical content

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Child death, Pregnancy, Excrement, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

mosslee's review against another edition

4.75

Content warning there is a rather graphic description of a SA attempt. Really enjoyed the book other than that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

floriancraft's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Death

ylba's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

I hated it. Hated how they handled abuse. The main character is bland and shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

fluschita's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.25

I'll hand it to the book that the concept of having time-travelling historians was nice and was what initially drew me in. 
Apart from I should've become suspicious when the book starts with a list of characters. Not because they're so many it's hard to keep track but everyone is so bland and flat that I have to check every now and then who the hell the main character is interacting with because everyone is so alike and irrelevant?! Also: people dying left and right and almost being raped and no one cares, bland characters still managing to act out of character, apparently 5 years have gone by during this book, main character being broken even though living at work and not having any hobbies/family/whatever. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage