Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

17 reviews

dancingkouign's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not my favourite book, but it was entertaining & engaging! Loved the ending, made me sob 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexism, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Cannibalism, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia

ashmichelle122's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Would give this book 10 stars if I could. Graphic at times but extremely exciting story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

nutm3g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

The Grace Year was a wonderfully entertaining, heartbreaking, gruesome, and yet hopeful read that is reminiscent of The Handmaiden's Tale. Set in a society where sixteen year old girls are sent into the wilderness for a year to release their evil magic tied to their womanhood, we are left questioning what truly is the magic found in pages of this book. Tiernay is introduced as angry at the shackles of her birth, where she seems to hold herself distant from other women. As she uncovers the truth of the Grace Year while struggling to survive the horrors faced in the encampment, she also strives to do whatever she can to save her fellow grace year girls (as well as striving to survive for the sake of her younger sisters). The juxtaposition with how she almost views the girls in the same way men do (evil and like sheep/cattle) and her actions towards ensuring their safety even when her life is on the line does a wonderful job indicating the many different facets of how misogyny affects those it oppresses. The romance felt believable for the circumstances (both enemies to lovers and best friends to lovers), though I was a bit devastated on how a certain situation resulted. All the gruesome acts and morbid situations worked itself into a hopeful and open-ended last scene. There is so much more I want to say (really an essay worth of discussions), but I do not want to ruin the book for anyone. I would definitely recommend this book as it was a beautiful and devastating read while leaving me hopeful for the future of Garner County. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Kidnapping, Outing, Rape, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

nya_r's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

This book was so good! If you’re like me and don’t usually gravitate towards dystopian novels, you would still like this. In my opinion, the last quarter of the book was a bit convoluted, but still enjoyable. I would definitely recommend. Please be sure to look up TW if you need to!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Death, Sexism, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Animal death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, and Rape

kay_w's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, and Rape

creativeerosion's review

adventurous dark sad tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Rape

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Murder, and Excrement

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Minor: Infertility and Outing