Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

9 reviews

rochellem's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I found this to be quite disjointed and very difficult to get through (it being an ebook on my phone didn’t help) with no payoff in the abrupt ending.

There is beautiful writing and a tragic human tale in this but it is not polished in the way The Great Gatsby has perfection in basically every line. I think this could have done with quite a bit of cutting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

nanokaneko's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

It kind of dragged for me honestly, I really enjoyed The Great Gatsby so I wanted to like it, but it just kind of bored me and none of the characters felt particularly engaging.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

It is revealed in the section focusing on how Dick met Nicole that

Nicole suffers trauma in part due to being raped by her father.

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

Nicole, one of the main characters, is revealed to have extensive mental health issues resulting in part from being raped by her father.

marageorge's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

janwe's review

challenging emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

andreeadicu's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.75

the only way i can describe this is as a big book about nothing really. i picked this book up thinking a majority of this book would be about a tumultuous affair between a young actress and a married man and was really looking for the drama and internal turmoil á la The Great Gatsby. 

unfortunately the affair between Dick and Rosemary probably only takes up about 30% of the novel. They kiss a bit and tease a little and then sleep together once and that’s about it. There’s hardly any internal push and pull from Dick discussed, or any effect on Rosemary’s life. The actual affair also took forever to culminate without the pleasant will they won’t they, it simply happened 150 pages so briefly you could’ve missed it. 

By far the most interesting part was the retelling of Nicole’s early mental illness. These couple dozen pages are probably what pushed me to finish this book. Really makes it enjoyable to see Dick selfishly fall from grace by the end. 

With so much space to deal with anything else, no wonder Fitzgerald had time to add unnecessary racist and homophobic scenes. What exactly was the purpose of Peterson dying and Rosemary finding it if that had no lasting effect on either Dick’s relationship with Rosemary or with Nicole? And what was the point of the explicit “conversion therapy” style scene describing medical treatments for homosexuality? The most I delve into Fitzgerald the more he disappoints me, even for a man of the early 20th Century.

Just overall one big disappointment. It’s such a shame, because even in this novel of his, Fitzgerald’s writing flows nicely and reads beautifully. He should perhaps stick to books of about 200 pages though. 

P.S.: Justice for my girl Nicole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and War

bookish_5280's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book started off incredibly. I love the first 100-150 pages or so. And then, a whole bunch of problematic elements appear (

pedophilia, incest, etc) as well as blatant racism. I can appreciate the role of some of these elements in other books (not racism, to be clear), such as pedophilia or incest,  and they appear as main themes in books that I love. But my problem with this book, in contrast to ones like Lolita or The Color Purple, is that there is not enough focus on the childhood trauma (I think there is one main chapter that discusses it).

I just thought that it could have been much more emotionally affecting and beautiful on a deeper level. I see the potential appeal, but even with the ending (which I did like), it is still not going to go on my favorites list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse

_morgan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, and Classism

lpaxton's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis