Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

47 reviews

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

books_n_rosess's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

shays's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and War

The author interviewing the women really seemed to want to find some angle of redemption or kindness or romance in the situation and it is to the credit of the women who spoke up that they shut that shit down hard. Be prepared for the interviewer to ask some really insensitive questions.

knkoch's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

This account of a young Korean woman’s experience in forced sexual slavery during WWII in China is movingly rendered and recounted here by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. The art is beautiful and deeply expressive of the pain and resilience of Lee Ok-Sun’s story. I liked Gendry-Kim’s presence in the story as listener, recorder, and audience, as her reactions and questions definitely guided me. I don’t feel quite right rating this one, as its value and scope in amplifying this particular (and often ignored) experience lies beyond normal critique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and War

devynreadsnovels's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

whitne_ey's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Abortion, and War

queen_sara's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

beac's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy