Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

S.: A Novel about the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulić

4 reviews

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a tough read. But a very important one. And the writing reflects the survival mode of the main character perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

rocko_granato's review against another edition

4.5

This is more than a book. I am not the same person after reading it.  I will have to forget this, but will I be able to? To this day, only a tiny fraction of rape camp soldiers had to answer for their crimes. They are still among us: they are fathers and brothers, grandfathers and uncles and work colleagues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

zams's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

A very important and gripping story, written in a way that seemed as silent as the victims of those horrendous crimes, while still roping you in and not letting you go.
It brought to light a topic that the rest of Europe often doesn't even bother mentionning, and in the end it had me in tears over all of the people that suffered in silence, that we don't even know the name of, both in the book and in reality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail