Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

44 reviews

marley_reads_'s review

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

paujimena's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I'm in the early stages of exploring the world of graphic novels, so I'm still familiarizing myself with the genre and its peculiarities.
I can say that I quite liked the author's drawing style and her choice of a black and white colouring. 

The graphic novel recounts the life story of a Korean woman, Lee Okseon, but it stands for the suffering that many other people went through at that time of colonisation and war. The narration doesn't shy away from the brutal details and the horror of the experiences of "comfort women".
There is still a hopeful note in the ending, with the arrival of spring once again and the possibility of renewal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

psyduck11's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Lectura muy necesaria para todas las personas que estén interesadas en historia y cultura coreana y/o japonesa.
Es una historia desgarradora que, por desgracia, está basada en hechos reales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and War

sleepylit's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

I knew I was in for an emotional ride when I started this, but Grass truly blew me away. The illustrations work so well to depict deeper meaning, so the book is truly art on several levels. The story is gutting and truly shows the horrors so many women had to endure. But Kim does a great job of making the content digestible for sensitive readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt

shelf_devoted's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

One of the most heaviest graphic novels I've ever read.  A story on a topic I never knew about and really should be more widely known. This is about "comfort women" Korean women that were forced into sexual slavery  by the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. These women were forced into prostitution & then treated horrendously afterwards. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, and War

flop's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

"Cuando termine este frío tan duro, llegará del Sur la carta de siempre. Una carta llena de luz con noticias de primavera. Frágiles ramas que tiemblan en las postrimerías del largo invierno. Dentro albergan la energía de una vida nueva que pronto brotará y abrirá grietas en la corteza."

Aferrarse a la esperanza de una humanidad más humana parece a momentos fútil, pero es tan necesario. Aun cuando no seamos capaces de reconocerlo, tenemos una deuda con quienes han vivido el lado más oscuro, seguir creyendo, seguir recordando, seguir luchando.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

camz's review against another edition

5.0

Una lectura que te parte el corazón.

Debo agradecer a la autora por no mostrar escenas gratuitas de violaciones, creo que la forma en la que decidió mostrar esas atrocidades permite mostrar el daño sin causar más trauma a quienes lo sufrieron. 

Otra grata sorpresa para mi fue la belleza de muchos de los paneles, al ver la portada y con el estilo de la obra no esperaba que me gustara tanto su dibujo, pero es muy expresivo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Torture, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

timelapse's review

emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

it’s a story without much hope or happiness to it because it’s a story about extensive suffering, and the author makes a point to not pretend it is anything but that. but you can feel how much love and care went into this book, from the interviewing of grandmother okja, to the illustrations, and the translation which in and of itself feels like an act of defiance--to care to painstakingly discover and document her story even as the history tries to pretend it never happened.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and War

danakm's review

dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault