Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

104 reviews

gillzzzo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Excellent book. Couldn’t put it down. I think everyone should have to read this to feel more empathetic to people who’ve had to flee their country illegally 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Xenophobia

megannoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and Violence

amjaha's review against another edition

A good concept but wrapped in silly Liftime movie style drama that just struck me as too unrealistic and obnoxious to continue. Main character was likeable, but the author wrote like she had never met a child before. The “wise beyond his years” child trope was just too unbearable, the kid is supposed to be 8.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Deportation, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Child death, and Death

kiwialexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual violence, Deportation, Gore, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, and Trafficking

sastolkarts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

alli_k20's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Blood, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

texashippie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Trafficking, Misogyny, Body horror, Death of parent, Deportation, and Emotional abuse

astha_shah's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

The subject is so important, but the writing style is just so bad. I started skimming through the repetitive descriptions of scenery and explicit statements of what the characters were feeling just to make it go faster, and I still didn't feel like I missed anything important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lauren_16's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Gun violence

crystalbenson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death