Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Tokio by Mo Hayder

5 reviews

cappitak's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Child death, Genocide, Death, Blood, Violence, Body horror, War, Murder, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

wyabook234's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Genocide

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Abortion

e_gracereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.5

I enjoyed this book, more than I even expected to. It was horrific — which is to be expected, considering it’s a historical fiction about the Rape of Nanking — but it was incredibly well written, haunting, and mysterious. It’s going to sit with me for a while, I think, especially this: is ignorance forgivable? 

Incredibly poignant. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

angela_iseli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Genocide

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

alerasaul0's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I was a weird kid growing up and was kind of fascinated by World War 2, so when I found this book I was pretty excited. I was an adult when I read it but I wish someone had stopped me and been like you are too young for this book you delicate flower. I had only really dealt with the kind of sanitized history they teach in schools in America. Not some of the truly messed up things that happened.  The truth is, this is an extremely disturbing and well written piece of historical fiction. In fact it would not have bothered me half so much as it did, if it was entirely fictional. Also, in honor of complete disclosure, I did a lot of skipping around in the book so I could avoid the worst parts of the violence. None of it is there to simply disturb the reader. It serves a purpose for the plot. I just felt it was one bit I could skip over and still enjoy the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism