Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

O Grande Círculo by Maggie Shipstead

41 reviews

kacyn21's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Infidelity, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

The author is clearly a good writer and has a way with words, but I was too disappointed by the frequent dysfunctional sexual scenarios that played out multiple times in the first 30 pages alone. It was too disturbing for me to continue onward. The storyline/plot is very interesting and I wish these scenes hadn’t been written so graphically and frequently. Takes away from the rest of the story.

the_bitchy_booker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

franklola's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

emblepemble's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse

caroline_sele's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

It's a good book, but I don't like slow books. It was just a bit slow for me but I liked Marian's plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use and Sexism

ashleysbookthoughts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. Have you ever read a book that stuck with you so much that you dreamed about it? I’ve been dreaming of airplanes and Marian Graves for the past several nights. 

Great Circle was just the epic story I needed to close out the year. It’s almost 600 pages, but reads like a much shorter novel. Maggie Shipstead is a great writer. Her prose is descriptive yet readable and she manages to capture the sensations her characters experience. There are periodically asides (about the history of Missoula Montana, the history of women pilots) that in a lesser writer’s hands would be extraneous and annoying, but Shipstead manages to use these asides to add depth to her story. 

I don’t want to say more, because I think the discovery is a huge part of the experience of this novel. Suffice to say, I felt all the things while reading this: worry, rage, heartache, hope, and joy. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia

readmedo's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: War and Sexism

Minor: Suicide

ladymirtazapine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

ellipalmer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful writing. The characters felt so real and nuanced and the story so well crafted that I kept forgetting I was reading a novel and not non-fiction. It has some really intense and hard to read moments and deals with some intense some intense subject matter (see CWs). There were a few moments when I needed to take a break because of some really emotionally tough scenes. But nothing felt gratuitous or salacious. I don't even know what more to say, I just loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, War, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia

mablayy's review against another edition

Too graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship