Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Il quaderno di Maya by Isabel Allende

3 reviews

soffeg6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

emberley's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I feel like I've just lived another life through this book. The details and narration actually do feel like a real memoir. I chose this to read for the Chile prompt of 'StoryGraph Reads the World' challenge as the concept of an American-born teenager moving to rural Chile sounded like it would end up detailing Chilean culture through her story, and it does, so I loved it for that too!
(Also, though the book is a lot of Dark, I couldn't help select 'funny' when remembering Maya's humour and Manuel's sass. I am gonna miss them)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia

sunflowerlu's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping