Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

408 reviews

sullyvan's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Vomit, Torture, and Slavery

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death

corganick's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death

claudiadeacetis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I didn’t really like this book, the story is heartbreaking, but I couldn’t connect to the story or the characters. It may be because I have read “song of Achilles” before this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Slavery, and Sexual violence

chinacosteladavis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Death, Grief, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

applesodaperson's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I think that everyone who has read Song of Achilles should read this book too, because it just gives a whole other vibe of the events, and actually portrays the Greeks as more of the bad guys. It was very well written and also very emotional at time. The one thing that I didn’t like was that there was a bit of extremely unnecessary fatphobia in this book. It had nothing to do with anything and felt like the author just included for no reason. 
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicide

upgirlcd's review against another edition

I was looking to read historical fiction.  This was sad; male dominance and rape/bad sexual experiences.
Not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

jasmineehare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

kyliebliss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

This was such a fun read. I can go on for ages about the things I love and how interesting it was to see the story of the Illiad and the personalities of some of my favorite people in Greek Mythology *cough* Patroclus *cough* 🩷

That being said, it is from the point of view of the girls given to the warriors as sex slaves after cities were taken over. So there are several rape scenes throughout the book. There is also a lot of strong language.

I probably wouldn't read again, but it was an extremely well written book and super interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Rape

Moderate: War

sillysmudge's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, War, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy and Child death