Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon

5 reviews

robert_vardill's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

I did not like this book - unpleasant disturbing protagonist. The writing did not engage me either. DNF.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Pedophilia

kiera_areik's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The story is 'clever', but the writing is really dense, and you're kept in the dark for so long about how various threads connect that it starts to feel like you're just reading a series of separate stories, which all have very different styles. It feels like a book written to show the author's intelligence rather than to satisfy a reader - it's a bit jarring, a bit moving, a bit intriguing, and it feels like there's some sort of lesson buried very deep, but overall it doesn't quite achieve any of these things. I kept with it because I wanted it to come together

Spoiler

but the ending is unsatisfying, and the subject matter of abuse feels really unjustified - why introduce such a traumatic storyline just to make it irrelevant?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Grief, Gore, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Classism, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Death, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and War

mani_p's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Incest

Moderate: Sexual assault

helmituuli's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Slavery