Reviews tagging 'Rape'

El viento conoce mi nombre by Isabel Allende

22 reviews

tiff1799's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this! I love how it all connected together and how each of the characters, despite coming  from different backgrounds, endured similar painful experiences and emotions during their lives without even realising it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

paxtyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

robynlousia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

stephyrm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Minor: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Trafficking, Alcohol, and War

aliciaallen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

anaisjessica's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ambers_phantasia's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

 The story was captivating, but, can books come with trigger warnings because I wasn't prepared to handle some of the scenes in this book at all.

The book follows many characters and how their loves eventually entwined was well done. Nothing felt forced. The book highlights many social injustices in this would, and as a woman hard to read some of this. But yes, a well written book, but not one for the faint hearted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

monloesco's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad 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

4.25

La prosa de Allende es simplemente mágica, adoro como me transporta con sus descripciones. Aunque siento que muchos conceptos del libro se quedaron un poco cortos en explicacion y parecieron solo mencionados por no dejar, los comentarios políticos y sociales que hace Allende son precisos y los comparto completamente. Definitivamente era el libro que necesitaba leer para seguir mi investigación de tesis, ya sea en novela o en trabajo de titulación, los temas de los que trata el libro merecen ser documentados y publicados.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Genocide

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad slow-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

3.75

In some ways, a very different kind of story for Allende, and in others, still so clearly her voice writing about the issues important to her through multiple generations. An important story that needed to be told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic