Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold

5 reviews

that_bookworm_guy's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• 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? No

1.0

The first 20 or so pages were good, the build up and introduction was shockingly gripping. Parts of this book was good overall, but then some of it was just so cringy and bad that It didn't really balance out with the good parts.

This book literally put me into a reading slump for a couple of months as I tried to drag myself through it thinking that the beginning was so good that surely it would get better. But nope, it somehow got worse. 

Some of the writing is that which I would expect to see on accounts that feature men that write women badly, except instead, this is written by a woman. 

I had high hopes, but the hopes were crushed and burned and buried by the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

god this was so sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Child death, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Self harm

wow 😭😭😭

livsorlander's review against another edition

 Very gruesome, uncomfortable and triggering. I understand it was meant to bee that, but it was too much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Stalking

lucys_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment