Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski

11 reviews

dannb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

 Controversial, brutal unfiltered, explicit... not for the faint of heart

World War II in eastern Europe through the eyes of a 6-12 year old.

Jerzy Kosinski was considered "anti-Polish" for writing this book. (OV peeps, his wife was Mary Weir... who the Weirton Library is named for) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, and War

Moderate: Bullying

Controversial, brutal unfiltered, explicit... not for the faint of heart

juliacatherine's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.5

Honestly a traumatic read. It started out interesting, but progressively become more and more bleak. There was no hope, no silver lining, just horror. I feel that it crossed the line from showing the true brutality of war to just being trauma porn. It was exploitative and often sickening. It was well written at least, but I failed to see what the point was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

jacobimerman's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

icanread17's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

greebooki's review against another edition

just way too violent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

narveya's review

I stopped at the assault of the woman

where a bottle is involved.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

alaniii's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, and War

It's very brutal and gruesome

gssll_lpz's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and War

ghast's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

al3k's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War