Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

O Grande Círculo by Maggie Shipstead

98 reviews

wordnerdy's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

https://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2022/06/2022-book-106.html

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

nicoles_reading_corner's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Abortion

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Medical content, and Abortion

hannahebert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

c_dalton's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

juli_powers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book primarily follows two story lines - the life of Marion Graves and that or Hadley who is cast as Marion in an indie film on her life. The author focuses on Marion and has an easy to follow quick note to begin each chapter that tells you where you are chronologically. While it occasionally jumps, it's quite easy to tell where and when you are. Marion, her brother Jamie and their friend Caleb have a rough childhood and all take different paths in life. Marion is dead set on flying planes and will do anything she can, including cropping her hair and dressing like a boy to smuggle moonshine for money, to do so. Meanwhile Hadley lost her parents in a plane crash and is similarly raised by her uncle until his untimely death. Hadley is wealthy from her movies and TV shows, but otherwise a mess. She ends up on a mission to discover what really happened with Marion and her plane disappearance. 

The one thing that threw me is that there are so many characters. It can be hard to recall who someone is. The author is quick to provide a back story on someone new and cleverly ties then into the story itself. This book ended and I returned to reread the beginning as it captures Marions thoughts before her final leg of the flight and it was great to reread it. This book was a wild ride that I just didn't want to put down. 

"I thought I would become more than I am, but instead I know I am less than I thought.

No one should ever read this. My life is my one possession.

And yet, and yet, and yet."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

khaleesiofrivia's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

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

2.5

This book is way, way, way too long. I skipped entire pages and chapters that were just describing useless details.  I like the premis, but this would have been a better book if it was either completel  Marians or Hadley's. It was too much. And it needed more editing. The pace was so slow this put me in a reading slump and I really wanted to love this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

afreeby's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

jennikreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Abortion

abbeysoffel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: War