Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Girl Before by Rena Olsen

7 reviews

alexandrias_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Abortion

ashleybee08's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, and Infidelity

akf_'s review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Violence

taylorrski's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism

doha's review against another edition

The content was too heavy for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Violence, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Pregnancy

The entire book is about human trafficking and the victim's

inability to come to terms with her victimhood and how she harmed other girls

without fully understanding the scope of what she was doing.

morevna's review

0.25

 I don't write reviews often but with this one I think I should. I also want to give a massive content/trigger warning, specificially about stockholm syndrome, manipulation, physical and emotional abuse, victim blaming, kidnapping, r*pe and of course, trafficking.
The worst of all of this though, for me, was the stockholm syndrome. It's very obvious what's going on with the narrator and it is painful to read. Her view of reality and what's happening is completely screwed and messed up and that was difficult. I can't really say that she was likable, most of the time I felt either pity or annoyance. Also, she's big on victim blaming, which is mostly not her fault but that was also scarring to read. At about 80 percent through it also felt rather like the story was dragging on just for the sake of filling more pages. It could have been shorter. Or maybe the end just felt a little shallow because it was obvious were the story was heading and the rest of it just didn't seem as important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

katherineloder's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual assault