Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, Adrian Nathan West
20 reviews
matcha_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Pedophilia
bookwhore07's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Pedophilia
sshabein's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: War, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
girasol_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Pedophilia
unhallowing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, War, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Pedophilia
espringer43's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and War
lipka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
The chapters fling themselves in all directions at breakneck speed. A comet, and a coma. "What wind drags it off with the fury of an angel cast out from heaven, falling, and falling, and falling?" Only the tail end of it can tell.
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Medical content, Sexual content, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Dysphoria, Antisemitism, Drug use, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Rape, Vomit, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Xenophobia
solanum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Gore, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, Death, Excrement, and War
cass_lit's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia
a0ri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
The final section also felt detached from the first 2/3 of the book, but perhaps that's because I missed something in my desire to finish and be done with it
Spoiler
I really didn't understand why so many of the stories needed to focus the speculative aspects in the scientist being a sexual deviant. It really took away from the impact, especially since I'm one case the scientist was actually a known pedophile, which I would have just dismissed had I not looked up the backstory of each scientist afterwardGraphic: Sexual violence
Moderate: Pedophilia