Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

79 reviews

katie_hill22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

stephdavis's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.25

My lasting thoughts are , “is that it?” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Miscarriage

Moderate: Rape

minisg97's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

thelittlelibraian's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was enjoyable and easy to read, but it almost felt like the author didn’t really know where it was going . Twist exposed early on and ending was underwhelming but that being said, it kept be very engaged and I enjoyed the different POV

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, and Sexual assault

there was a particular scene where one character is sexually assaulted. I had to skip this and could be potentially triggering for readers, also most of the book is centred around a couple struggling to have a child which could be upsetting for readers who have experienced a similar thing

still_rivers's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder

carmoonyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage and Violence

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

bobinsbooknook's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this audio book and even finished it in a day! 

The writing style, characters and twists this book took made it an incredibly engaging read. I also thought this was very different from other books that I’ve read.

The approach on the twisted mindset, manipulation and of course the themes of infertility were well constructed and at times quite emotional. 

The ending was a tad underwhelming and there were parts of the plot I felt could have been fleshed out more to hit home on but overall an interesting read and would recommend - but be sure to check the content warnings beforehand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Miscarriage

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment

ginnyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape

booksnink's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

This book certainly got me, when I thought I had it worked out...nope. The twists were tight and shocking and just when you think you have it tied up again...wrong. This was great and I ate this up in a day