Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

5 reviews

196books's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Infidelity and Sexism

juliloops's review

reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

The only story that has stayed with me since reading this collection is the very first one, "Black-Eyed Women". Perhaps it is because the subject matter articulates something very close to me, or because the daughter's pain echoes my own. The concept of ghosts - the ghosts of others who come back to us, or the ghosts of ourselves that we've left behind - is believable in its reverence. The way in which the daughter gradually comes to believe in the ghosts of the past is an example of a truly powerful parallel narrative, in which she lets her brother go and also begins to see the ghost of her younger self that was left, burning and breaking, behind on the boat out on the unforgiving open sea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

leonineliterature's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Solid short story collection - as one might expect, some of the stories are much more memorable than others. Read at a leisurely pace, it was really enjoyable to experience a pov I haven't previously engaged much with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

Minor: Death

kayesomething's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Xenophobia, and War

jenny_librarian's review

Not my type of books and it contained 2 tropes I cannot stand: the only gay people depicted cheating, a weird focus on women’s breasts for absolutely no valid reason…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape