Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Damage by Caitlin Wahrer

23 reviews

brookebomber's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cancer

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

bethanyearle's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

alyssone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

annicamon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

pollyhall's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

wendyk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

4.25

Tony has always protected his little brother Nick, but when Nick ends up in the hospital, a victim of a violent sexual assault, Tony can't see any other recourse than revenge. Julia, Tony's wife and a lawyer, tries to reign Tony in and assure him the case is in good hands and justice will be served if they are patient. But as Nick tries to heal and prepare for the court case, his attacker tells a different story Nick isn't necessarily denying. At least not outright. Lines are drawn and Julia must decide how far she'll go to protect her family.
Told from multiple viewpoints and an alternating timeline, I was quickly pulled in.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy twist, Batman. I can’t believe this is a debut! The Damage takes us through the aftermath of Nick’s violent sexual assault. When he tells a detective and the ER receptionist he was raped by a man, he is met with funny looks and skepticism. Are you sure you, a strong man, we’re raped? Inevitably, the case hits the media right away, and Nick struggles to tell his truth. Can his big brother, Tony, save him, as he has many times before? If you want to read a book involving marital issues, damn, this is it. Due to the topics involved, it is not necessarily a quick read, but I was so throughly impressed. You’ll probably think you have it all figured out, but I can assure you… you don’t. 

“And maybe she’d been right. That she could look those people in the eye and treat them like they were anyone else, regardless of what they were accused of . . . he might have judged her for it before. Might have judged her just now, in his mind a moment ago. But he was lucky, he realized. So lucky to have a wife who was calm in the face of darkness.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Murder, and Alcohol

neniacorcoran's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail