Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Violets by Kyung-sook Shin

13 reviews

mldutoff's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

peach_haze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

I absolutely adored ‘Please Look After Mother’, so I had high hopes for this book!

Kyung Sook-shin’s books always being translated by Anton Hur makes me feel so cosy. I loved her note at the end as well, saying how Hur had cried reading the book 🥹 

This definitely was not Shin’s best book; I still have a soft spot for ‘Please Look After Mother’. But I did still enjoy it and enjoyed some of the emotions I sat with during San’s growth. Her tears and her trauma felt very intimate 😳

I would still recommend reading to anyone who’s a fan of Shin’s stories ✨ 3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Mental illness, Violence, and Grief

zoffi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

erindb's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

hannah_cogo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

eleniphant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

• An aching slowburn, perfectly captures loneliness and fear of attachment. Especially aspects of queer loneliness that hit
• For all the girls who felt invisible, shy, overlooked, small- this read very personal to me.
• The translation is gorgeously done
• Heartbreaking, check the triggers for the end- narratively makes sense but this is a hard hitting little book.

😭😭😭 in this book when looking up the flower The words in the dictionary before violet was violent and violate … 
Another definition for Violet:

Also used to describe an oversensitive person, a shy person 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Abandonment

sunflowerwork's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Violence

nileplin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

“I wonder: Is this your first time hearing this cry? This cry, which for centuries was never given an ear, or a means to be heard”
the whole book felt like a hazy memory in the best way possible, i really like the writing style but got bored at times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Violence

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.0

A and delicate novel that I never really quite got into? It’s very reflective and literary, but I struggled to push through it.

Content warnings: domestic abuse, sexual harassment, rape, self harm, implied suicide, violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment