Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü

5 reviews

clemmiem's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

bluelilyblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

nornors's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abortion, and Pregnancy

gellyreads's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

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

2.0

I get why someone would enjoy this, and there were parts that were beautiful, but overall, I think this just isn't for me. I don't think I like surrealist art at all. I want to think about what it means, but I want to think about what it means on a deeper level, not what I just read on an actual page means. 

The reason I said N/A for so much of this is because it reads just like the ramblings of an insane person and I can't follow it. I re-read each page two or three times and I still wasn't sure of setting, or where were were or what happened. 

Also. She fucked her cousin?! Why are we all chill with that? And then did she or did she not get raped at the hospital?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

m_sotos's review against another edition

dark reflective

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

4.25

I absolutely adored the prose in this book - Özlü was able to perfectly capture sense of place and conveys complex emotions/experiences in concise yet beautiful terms. This book explores incredibly dark themes and depicts terrible events with frankness. Yet, despite its dark content and persistent, overpowering atmosphere of melancholy (maybe specific to the Turkish context, huzun), I was left at the end of the book with a clear sense of the beauty of life, due to Özlü’s acute descriptions of richly layered places and a richly layered life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt