Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

312 reviews

evaeyre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

one of the most amazing books i’ve read in my life — from the moment i picked it up it was already a favorite of mine. Margaret Atwood is a genius telling a story that women have known in their hearts for centuries, of suffering and power and human nature. nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Lesbophobia

gilmargirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

euannn900's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so dark and eerie, and yet at the same time the writing was absolutely gorgeous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death

bookishlittleme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Essential reading. Read this for my English class and I really liked it. It’s a little slow in places but I really like all the comments it makes on society and the role of a protagonist in a dystopian novel. Definitely made me think and notice things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

zarzar22's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Abortion, and War

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

sorkka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

I listened to the audio book and found this novel to be the most beautiful prose I have ever heard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

anh_read's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Deportation

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

ajay913's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Trafficking, and Abortion

Minor: Religious bigotry and War

natmorrall's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

riverofhorton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I went into this book having watched the series, as each season was released, so the first was largely forgotten, although I did remember the vague plot. I personally would say the series is better than the book. For a start, the writing style took a bit of getting used to, especially with the way flashbacks are presented, but once I got used to it I did find it to enjoyable and thought provoking, but the series was more enjoyable and had the same thought provoking bits. I think that had I read the book first, I wouldn't have been interested enough to then watch the series, and may have DNFed the book before getting used to the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation