Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü

5 reviews

bluelilyblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

desireewoodwhite's review

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

nornors's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abortion, and Pregnancy

gellyreads's review

challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I get why someone would enjoy this, and there were parts that were beautiful, but overall, I think this just isn't for me. I don't think I like surrealist art at all. I want to think about what it means, but I want to think about what it means on a deeper level, not what I just read on an actual page means. 

The reason I said N/A for so much of this is because it reads just like the ramblings of an insane person and I can't follow it. I re-read each page two or three times and I still wasn't sure of setting, or where were were or what happened. 

Also. She fucked her cousin?! Why are we all chill with that? And then did she or did she not get raped at the hospital?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

meliflowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Through her writing I can tell how much she loved life, so much that it hurt her. Tezer gives us an insight on how it was to have a psychological disorder during the 20th century and how she and other patients were continuously mistreated, what it is to be a woman and the impact her illness has had on her life. Despite all of that, she kept loving. 

She writes intricate and detailed settings and in turn it doesn't take much imagination to visualise the sceneries. This, personally, was the most enjoyable thing about this book. 

Certain quotes hit too close to home, opening a wound I've been tending to myself. Two quotes I loved dearly: 

I'm a young girl. For days now, I've been making the necessary preparations to ensure my dead body looks good. 

And 

Most people spend their lives remembering past joys. But there  are times when we can live and breathe that joy, night and day. A song can take us there. A painting. A boulevard stretching out before us. A tree with rustling leaves. 

At some point it felt like I was swimming in all of her thoughts and memories with no regard to structure and coherency. It was fun. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Confinement is about medical confinement. The author is put into mental wards and has undergone electroshock therapy without her consent. Nothing is written explicitly in the book.