Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

5 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Stalking, Torture, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Racism, Bullying, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

whimsykat's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

victoriaharris001's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

12dejamoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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

4.5

I couldn’t find out whether the author was Native American or not and I don’t want to assume either way, but that would definitely change my opinion of the book. It is essentially a narrative about colonialism, so it is definitely relevant. For this reason take my rating with a pinch of salt.

The choice to tell the narrative from Tinkerbell’s perspective I thought was really intriguing - I suppose a way of telling a Native American story without putting words in Tiger Lily’s mouth. Obviously it’s still her story so it’s still relevant as to the identity of the author.

Just on a purely narrative standpoint, I found the book to be a perfect darker version of Peter Pan, adding another dimension to the story. I enjoyed the colonialist take on the story, which has made me view the original in a more critical way. I loved the characterisation of Tiger Lily, Peter, Tinkerbell, as well as Tik Tok and Pine Sap. I think this book also managed to give the Lost Boys individual characterisations, which I recognise is difficult given how many there are. I have read the original book, but it was over ten years ago and I remember very little about it.

I was hooked on the story, and did feel very sad by the end, but I think it ended pretty perfectly. Kept the sad, darker vibe and felt like a natural end to the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Suicide

Transphobia isn't the right word because the character isn't trans, but he is definitely punished for choosing to present more femme

hoshi's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

everything still hurts gdi

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault