Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Ocalić syna, by Lucinda Berry

33 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I’ve never read anything like this before. It is the most loving and most self-hating book I’ve ever read. It was full of compassion and contempt. It was a point of view I’ve never considered. I’m grateful to have read it, and I think it’ll make me more mindful before I judge anyone again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Bullying, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

An incredibly tragic and heartbreaking read. A unique perspective of a family struggling in the aftermath of a loved one causing harm - but being genuinely remorseful. Where do we draw the line between accountability and punishment? 

I wasn't a fan of Adrienne's justifications and excusing tone sometimes of her sons actions, but I can absolutely see how parents would have similar thoughts processes. It's not right, but it felt real. 

All of the characters were so complex. What a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Self harm, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Incest, Drug use, and Bullying

mflynn8908's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I put off reading this story for so long due to the content. This book was so sad and heartbreaking. As a mom of 5 boys I couldn’t help but think how I’d feel in this situation. As a mom when I hear cases of child SA I immediately think the perpetrator is a monster and sick and disgusting. When you hear stories of pedophiles being best or assaulted your reaction is to always think “good they deserve that after what they did to the innocent child”. It’s natural to think this way. What this book does is make you see what happens to their lives from a mom’s perspective. Yes the perp was only a child when he SA the girls, and yea he definitely knew better but the more I read the more I became sympathetic to the main character. To know that he was trying so hard to push down the urge and then the guilt that over took him once he gave in. To see him suffer over and over again only to find the peace in himself when the decision was made to end his life because he knew no one else would be hurt by his hand. Ugh my heart… 
The mom had her moments where she irritated me but then again a mothers love is endless even when her child becomes something/someone she doesn’t recognize. 

The dad though… I would have hit him with my car, reversed and then run his sorry ass over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

carmena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

4.0

This was a tough read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

kelseyyreadssbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

sporadicallybookish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I honestly don’t know how to rate this (maybe a 4?). It felt like I was reading a true-story or some sort of memoir; at no point would I have classified this as a thriller, so I felt a little misled. There was one twist, of sorts, in the last part of the book - but I had guessed that a mile off.

Saving Noah was beautifully written, unsettling, and thought provoking. I didn’t find this book all that sad, I was disappointed as the review that made me pick this up mentioned being brought to tears. And yet I read this in one sitting and remained interested throughout, albeit a bit sickened by the justifications that the mother tried to make for her son’s behaviour. 

Please check content warnings for this book, it centres on a heavy subject but there are mentions of other things that some may find triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Vomit

raven99943's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

kdipreta421's review against another edition

challenging sad 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? Yes

3.5

This book is one that is helpful in putting you the in the mind of someone who is sick. I don’t want to give anything away, but Noah’s POV is eve opening. This was not my favorite of Lucinda Berry, but definitely a good, quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Rape

damira_rx22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

mpaull0720's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Self harm