Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Glory: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo

14 reviews

mariah_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

2.0

This was a hard read, but I also learned a lot and it forced me to educate myself. It needed to be cut by 100 pages, and maybe should have been short stories. But there were gripping vignettes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and War

differentsisters's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

 I see what the author was trying to do. Once I got use to the inclusion of Zimbabwean dialect, the book was readable. What became tiring was the heavy heavy use of repetition (a whole page of just the word take). I could see why some uses of repetition was used, but it became tiresome and felt like an editor needed to cut at least a hundred pages of repetition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

wy_woman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and War

hilaryreadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail