Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Honor by Thrity Umrigar

55 reviews

jenpurlteach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, and Islamophobia

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

sweetiekeke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Blood, Islamophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Murder

apotofhoney's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

karmapen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Hate crime, Racism, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Gore

samburkhouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Racism, Torture, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Vomit, and Animal death

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Feel good socially conscious book in the middle of a deeply religious and quickly modernizing country, bringing along with it a lot of strife for the people who live there but written with a western eye, as respectfully as possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Islamophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

butle2em's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism and Classism

theabee's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Hate crime, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence

ka_cam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

I listened to this on audiobook. I often struggle to finish audiobooks but I enjoyed this one- the reader did a great job of distinguishing characters and expressing complex emotions through tone and pauses. The book was pretty difficult subject matter (check content warnings) which I felt the author handled well while exposing Smita’s own biases and complicated reactions to gender based violence, religious violence, and state violence. I thought it odd that a gender based news international reporter wouldn’t tie this experience in more to her experiences reporting on GBV in other situations- the vague ‘bad things happen in the west/the us has police brutality’ references ended up feeling underdeveloped.  I was expecting her at some point to mention reporting she had done on issues like missing and murdered indigenous women, DV, etc and how she’s experiencing this situation differently (or similarly) but we never got that. Some of her backstory felt rushed or underdeveloped as well. All in all a solid read but I finished it feeling that the audience was underestimated and some characters underdeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Stalking, Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Medical content

kare620bear's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty