Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Putri Kedua (Second Sister) by Chan Ho-Kei

10 reviews

moonlitface's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.5

“The problem here wasn’t the internet, even though that’s how the news spread, nor was it the websites that were used, but the stupidity of the human mind.”  

Alur Second Sister sepenuhnya tentang investigasi terhadap kematian adik Au Nga-Yee yang bunuh diri karena online harassment dan pembalasan dendam kepada “pelaku”. Gagasan besarnya tentang kerugian dari teknologi internet. Salah satu hal yang aku suka dari novel ini adalah storytelling-nya—bagaimana permulaan dan susunan cerita hingga jadi satu garis besar yang utuh. Selalu terungkap fakta-fakta baru dalam kasus bunuh diri Au Siu-Man yang bikin pembaca, kek, “OHH!”. Trus, metode-metode investigasi yang dipake N juga dijelasin dengan mendetail.

Dari segi karakter juga cukup oke penulisannya. Karakter-karakternya punya sisi positif dan negatif. Character dynamics antara Nga-Yee dan N menarik banget, walaupun terkadang si Nga-Yee-nya naif dan agak dongo, serta N arogan dan cocky.

Menurutku, novel ini termasuk medium-paced. SEDIKIT lambat, tapi worth the journey. Nggak ngebosenin sama sekali. Kocak juga di beberapa bagian. Plot twist-nya berlapis, tapi bukan yang maksa. Tiap plot twist masuk akal ketika ditarik kembali ke clues yang penulis berikan di sepanjang cerita. Plot twist yang paling mengejutkan buatku pribadi adalah

pengungkapan bahwa N bukan menyamar jadi Szeto Wai (ahli IT yang punya perusahaan besar dengan kekayaan yang kayaknya unlimited), melainkan N ADALAH Szeto Wai.

Perihal ini kayaknya kebantu sama cara penceritaannya. Mungkin kayak ngupas bawang kali ya, satu per satu lapisan kulitnya dikupas secara detail dan rapi.

Overall, ternyata aku lumayan menikmati novel ini. Deserve the hype!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

felinecie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a little bit confusing but idk maybe it’s just me and my slow brain… it’s just too much to take in… 

but if you like a book with tons of infos about technology then you might like it,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

lor_nia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Grief

muyelinh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Als Au Nga-Yee von der Arbeit in ihre Hongkonger Wohnung zurückkehrt ist ihr ganzes Leben mit einem Mal zerstört: Ihre kleine Schwester Siu-man, das einzige ihr verbliebene Familienmitglied, hat Suizid begangen und sich vom Balkon des Hochhauses gestürzt. Schnell ist Nga-Yee sich klar, dass die Schuld für diesen Tod bei dem Verfasser einer anonymen Nachricht im Internet liegen muss, der eine beispiellose Hetzjagd in den Tiefen der Onlinewelt losgetreten hat. Mithilfe des Hackers N versucht sie, den Täter zu finden und entfesselt einen Racheplan.

"Die zweite Schwester" ist nicht nur ein Kriminalroman, wie der Titel suggeriert. Zwar beginnt die Suche mit detektivischem Ermitteln, doch wandelt sich die Geschichte immer mehr zu einem waschechten Hackerthriller. Am Ende steht ein ziemlich universelles Resultat, das Köpfe zum Rauchen bringt, aber trotzdem von einer bestechenden Logik durchzogen ist.

Die Art, wie das faszinierende und doch so enigmatische Handwerk des Hackens in die Story implementiert ist, hat mir sehr gefallen. Der Hacker ist hier nicht Protagonist, sondern Erklärbär, obwohl er das eigentlich gar nicht sein will. Überhaupt ist die Handlung zeitweise angenehm, zeitweise beängstigend realistisch. N ist eine wahnsinnig vielschichtige und beeindruckende Figur. Die Dynamik hat mir gut gefallen, man muss allerdings damit klar kommen, dass er ein sehr verschlossener Zeitgenosse ist - und gerne mal drei Schritte voraus, ohne das irgendwem mitzuteilen. Auch Nga-Yee ist gut gezeichnet und bietet ein hohes Identifikationspotenzial.

Nur sehr vereinzelt fühlte ich mich von den plötzlich auftauchenden Zusammenhängen etwas überrollt oder, wenn das IT-Business und die High Society thematisiert werden, nicht so recht abgeholt. Bis kurz vor Schluss wartet der Roman mit interessanten Twists auf, ohne seine Glaubwürdigkeit zu verlieren.

Das Werk ist ein großer Wurf und mein bisheriges Jahreshighlight. Ich kann jedem Leser nur raten, sich selbst auf die Jagd zu begeben und seine eigenen kombinatorischen und schließlich auch moralischen Grenzen einmal selbst auszuloten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

didyousayrysha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

onion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Violence, and Alcohol

erid's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying and Abandonment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

High key mad Nga-Yee and N didnt get together but ok
This was actually rly good, it took a lot of turns that werent always unpredictable, i just didnt expect it to go there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

emre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

gaylien420's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars
This had so many twists and turns and no question was left unanswered. I enjoyed this a lot, but some topics were rather heavy and triggering, so here's some content warnings, if you want to read it:
- sexual assault and abuse (heavy trigger warning, detailed), sexism, pedophilia
- suicide, bullying, self harm (graphic)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Outing