Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

164 reviews

rachelmays's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War

elyssam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was a very introspective read. Just like Ruth, I was super invested in Nao’s story, kept me motivated to keep reading/listening. So good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Dementia, and War

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, and Rape

erinwolf1997's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Bullying, Vomit, War, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Toxic friendship

sarasukovic's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Spoiler

It was a promising book, loved the writing style, Nao is a compelling character, the premise was interesting. I hated the open ending, as usual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death

daretoread's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Bullying

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, War, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Dementia, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Genocide

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Bullying, Torture, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Grief, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Vomit

mandyrose's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

tentenlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

5.0

I firmly believe Ruth Ozeki can do no wrong. Her prose is breathtaking and her characters are all so fully formed, pulling the reader into their lives in a way that I rarely experience in reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

brite_girl's review

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicide and War