Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks

34 reviews

stephf27's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

alomie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Thought this was a good enough book, I enjoyed parts of it but towards the end I kind of fell out of love with it, I'm not sure what it was but it just didn't grab me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

amberinpieces's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, and Gaslighting

kirbyworming's review against another edition

reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I wish it was like 200 pages longer? It all happened too fast for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

teekay_'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? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Rhythmic, poetic and reflective. A beautiful  and visceral telling about love, loss and shame. I was deep in  Yamyae’s shoes a big thank you to Jacqueline’s vulnerability and research.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

cmcmullan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

filuipa's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i feel like it was privilege to read this book and get a glimpse of the black community and dub world of London in late 70s, which has led to some youtube trips to listen to the music genres mentioned to understand the picture better, especially how heavily the plot involves music. The last 20 pages were not my favourite ending at all, I could think of so many satisfying, some less pleasant, endings but considering how close this is to the author's experience it's not my story to change.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

biddibee's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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? No

3.75

I think this was a really good book, and see how it could be 5 stars for some people, but not for me. There were aspects that I loved - the music, the otherworldly, but I found that the book didn't really hold my attention. 

One thing that was odd god me was how quickly her re ationship developed with Moose without us seeing it. When he died I didn't really understand why she was *so* broken. Of course losing a partner would kill anyone but all the talk of their futures seemed odd to me because I didn't get the impression it was that serious.

I don't think relationships were written too well in general because I really wasn't impacted by any of them. I'd have loved the Irish traveller character to have nbe explored more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual harassment

koenjanssen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Police brutality