Reviews tagging 'Rape'

In the Distance by Hernán Díaz

10 reviews

carojust's review

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

This is a story about survival, solitude, human connection, and the great frontier. It's centered around a true hero, Håkan, a boy from Sweden who is lost and alone upon arriving in San Francisco, wandering into old age. 

Hernan Diaz has the ability to create such a vivid world with what feels like effortless simplicity. Like in "Trust," he's able to illustrate every detail with historical loyalty, drawing you into worlds of goldmining, Native American families, naturalists, and the animals, deserts and plains of America. 

A good portion of the book is dedicated to Håkan's isolation away from a society that has traumatized him, and these moments of carefully learning how to survive remind me so much of "I Who Have Never Known Men." If you love that book, you'll love this one. Both heroes are innocent in how they perceive other humans, while entirely shaped by nature. 

Also, that loyal burro, I hope he lived a happy life 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emerbk's review

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

wolfism's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Confinement

msawyer77's review

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

libtea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Gore, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

erinhjackson's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

eringloriaryan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Rape

kwitshadie's review against another edition

Goes out of its way to be disgusting.  Brutal violence.  Your mind's eye can't unsee this stuff.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Why would I want to curl up in front of the fire in my spare time & read about an immigrant being gang raped and having her throat cut? For starters. I said I wasn't interested in violent/brutal books - if this isn't violent/brutal, what is?

haley313's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Reading this book felt like watching a movie in my head. Hernan Diaz is a masterful writer and an amazing storyteller. I loved Hakan. I loved the way that historical fiction blended with magical realism and we followed Hakan’s journey across the wide and wild west.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Rape