Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

41 reviews

inkamaar's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Kirjaa piti lukea hyvän matkaa, ennen kuin ymmärsin, mistä kirja kertoo. Kirja hätkähdytti ja sen luettuani istuin hetken hiljaa miettien lukemaani. Kirjan limittyvät tarinat saivat aikaan niin surun, vihan, ärsytyksen kuin pelonkin tunteita. Tarina koskettaa erityisesti meitä naisia ja luo tietynlaista yhteenkuuluvuuden tunnetta naisiin läpi ajan.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sommerblond's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Murder

whosjessanyway's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

An important, difficult read. It will make you sad and angry. It will make you look away from the pages. Very smart writing style in the way the author plays with foreshadowing and connections between these three women and timelines. This book is going to stick with me.

I can't articulate it, it's just a feeling I have all the time that I'm walking in and out of these deaths and I should at least notice. I should notice because I'm not dead yet, and there's no difference between these women and me, or you or your mother or the lady in the tea shop. We're just breezing in and out of the death zone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

peculiarcelia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

sarahclaire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

bookmaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

weatherington's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I’ll admit i didn’t research what this book was, so that’s on me and maybe I’m not “intellectual” enough to really “get it” but it’s straight trauma porn. I like hard book and I enjoy a realistic ending but to create something so vile and devoid of hope with the overall point being men and masculinity have been and continue to be fatal to women, I’m just not sure the book made any argument beginning to end. I know I’m sensitive and imaginative but some chapters made me literally gag - and again for what? To continuously hone in the point that men frequently treat women with extreme cruelty? Just like beating a dead horse although if given the chance I’m sure the author would relish writing about a man beating a dead women, in fact she writes several about men beating women dead. 
I will say - well written, and some storylines I found fascinating, they were just cut with incessant cruelty to the degree I will not be able to think of this book fondly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

any_bethany's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A brutal, visceral and important portrait of male violence and the way it distorts, destroys and stains lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

vipsahtanut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Murder

my_a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War