Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

1153 reviews

starcrossedsongbird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

THE PLOT TWIST DUDE. THEY REALLY WAIT UNTIL THEE LAST CHAPTER. HOLY SHIT. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

there is a BRIEF description of an attempted sexual assault. the attacker is fought off and the victim physically unharmed.

medini_l's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racism, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

lauren625's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racism

sydlexi's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Classism

shellbell_04's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death

heathersmojo's review against another edition

emotional sad

3.5

Only picked up about half way through. Cried a bit. TW sexual assault  about half a page long.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

artemis_thehufflepuff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Bullying

Minor: Body shaming and Blood

christoontown's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

jnterhune's review against another edition

inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Really enjoyed this, very well written good story line, also has a movie can watch after. Kept interest and was overall a very different tale, very amazing ending, worth the talk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

geminimoon's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

No God's gonna come to to this garden 

This was a Book™️. It has the fancy prose and metaphors for the sake of it. You have to suspend your disbelief to enjoy this book. The characters are one dimensional. For example, it'd make sense for Kaya to be racist if her town and her parents are racist, but no, she's an angel. I will admit that I was distracted at times while reading, but about halfway, I tried to piece together her personality only for me to not find any. Did the author accurately depict a traumatized girl? It's complicated. On one hand, Kaya is way too functional despite all she's experienced, but on the other, she repressed her childhood is repeatedly preyed upon, which is a sad reality of those who have been traumatized.

Tate is disgusting. What makes their age gap (senior and freshmen) unforgivable are the times he talks about her pureness and said, "now she really sounds like little girl."(and smiled! Ew.)

I couldnt help but wonder what the book would be like from a black person'  perspective, and at first I was like, no way they' d go after a white women, even if she was poor, before a black man. Kaya saying that she would receive the same scrutiny as the black girls is laughable. It didn't go into race because it'  not to kill a Mockingbird but wishes it could be. 

Where are the other white trash people in the story? Maybe I'm just slow. Anyway, a more compelling look would be 
Kaya getting imprisoned despite being victimized because that's the sad reality. The book mentioned all the ways the odds are stacked against her, but she beats them.

There is no mystery to the story, so, what's the message? I also couldn't think of a deserving theme. Perseverance, but it's not deserving of it due to it being unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse