Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Była sobie rzeka by Diane Setterfield

21 reviews

rgetch06's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

purnuhja's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

A unique and enjoyable mystery where the line between reality and myth blurs! I did stop reading this book for a couple months just because life got in the way, and it was a little harder to return because of its slow pacing and intertwined storylines. This isn't a bad thing, just feels wrong to try to rate this book because my own choices impeded my enjoyment. 

I still thought the story was interesting with really vivid prose. I loved all of the imagery around the river and how it's portrayed with a certain amount of sentience. I also just enjoyed that this is a story about the power of stories. Sometimes the characterization felt repetitive and lacking subtlety in the writing style, and the book has a slow start in general, but overall a good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This meandering story of people along the Thames was interesting but slow.  I liked the book, but not as much as the author's, "The Thirteenth Tale."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

megan_mac_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

a winding tale, just like a river

a slow burn, but I was in the mood for the slow build, as the story weaved, twisted, ebbed and flowed 

plus her writing was beautiful and I was captivated by all the stories and characters 

a little bit mystery, a little bit historical fiction, a little bit magical realism ~ a good book to begin a new year with

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

kato_dg's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Blood, and Medical content

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kcmg710's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

The best word I can think of to describe this book is magical, it’s literally on the cover!

I’ve fallen in love with the characters and can’t imagine continuing life without them. I’m actually grieving finishing this book. 

The writing was so beautiful. I loved every minute of this book. 

I’ll admit it was abit tricky keeping up with everybody’s different stories because of the multiple POVS? (I think that’s the right term) however these are my favourite type of books, I love piecing it all together. It kinda reminds me of the starless sea (which I also loved) but if you found yourself not enjoying them maybe this book isn’t for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Racism and Sexism

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.5

I like it. As I just started reading magic realism recently. This book was good. I enjoy it. Love all of the characters. The story is very interesting. Surprisingly it was very easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

yaizacanopoli's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment