Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Zugvögel by Charlotte McConaghy

10 reviews

karwc's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

exiles's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

marykatpat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

h_dubew's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book gave me so much perspective and after having finished it I feel grateful that I got to read this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

morganthecarrot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

smiti_nathan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

jaimiejaimiejaimie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It's a 3.5? This book was strange for me. Franny was so outside of anyone I could imagine, and the events were so improbable I had a hard time with it. I appreciated the diverse characters, but at the same time they seemed there as a backdrop to a white woman's plight. It was still engrossing, but it felt like a book I would have appreciated more as a college student and had more drama in my gut. The audiobook narrator does a pretty darn good job with all of the accents and brings the story alive with her acting, so there's that. And as a content note, I found it very difficult to get through certain parts as the mother to a son and daughter. 

But also, what the heck did I just read? Did anyone grow? Did anyone learn anything? What was real? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

leopardteeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Police brutality