Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Latinist by Mark Prins

4 reviews

lizzym126's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Car accident

literaryliaisons's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse

liter_ely's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

I listened to large swaths of this on audiobook and would NOT recommend this narrator, unless that is you enjoy terrible British and Italian (?) accents.

Hmmm … what can I say, despite having a woman lead this managed to not pass the Bechdel test until maybe the last chapter, but I guess Tessa isn’t quite a pretty lamp. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

eeculp's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

4 stars 

Very interesting book! Set in Oxford about a scholar deep into one poet. Because you know that she is a stand-in for Daphne in the Daphne and Apollo myth, you expect the story to be going in an age old direction the entire time…

…but the ending is an attempt to reverse the myth, also still somehow tragic, and introduces the concept of how other people can more willingly submit to the myths ideal of romantic love.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence