Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Kim Čijong — ročník 82 by Cho Nam-joo

149 reviews

ericispublius's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

katesant's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

rnbhargava's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

This book is as informative as it is engaging and heartbreaking. I’m mostly leaving it at 4.5 rather than a 5 because there’s always another side or opinion to any highly accurate fictional depiction of a certain time period

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

The whole narrative of this novel is about ways that women in South Korea aren’t valued, even abused in their professional and personal lives by various males in their lives. From fathers, brothers, partners, husbands, coworkers even if they’re subordinates to them or generally younger (age is a big thing in Korea in interpersonal relationships) This book is fantastic, especially given its brief length. Jiyoung could be any woman you know and she just wants to be valued and acknowledged as a person but she isn’t just because she’s a woman, a hard worker, a mother, among any number of things she could also be. Fantastic novel.

gertrudski's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault

cicizzy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book describes the life of a south Korean woman representative of the life of most women there. It was basically a description of systematic sexism and misogyny. I wish more men read books like that but the ones who would need it aren't the men who would read books like that. 
The story about her mental breakdown or whatever this was, was honestly a bit weird to me and felt incomplete. I would have liked it better if it had been left out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Stalking, and Alcohol

padancer's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

stacylaughs's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

tessalovespanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The ending is weird with perspective shift. A different lense to womanhood from a different culture. The article referring makes sense now with the ending. Relatable as a woman and very poignant to the reality of women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

zgreyz's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Classism

pammiie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexual assault