Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

167 reviews

klovdiya's review against another edition

relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Книга очень легко и быстро читается, сложно оторваться. Интересно было следить за жизнью Эвелин, но резкий поворот в конце ощущается немного дешевым, будто нужен только чтобы шокировать читателя. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

Minor: Abortion

aly141627's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book and the way it was written. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. It's about women just trying to do their best while living their lives however they want and learning to be unapologetic about it, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Outing, Eating disorder, Abortion, Racism, Suicide, Biphobia, Rape, Sexism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

katiea714's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: Drug use, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Sexism, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Grief, and Terminal illness

raeerdna's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.75

a good book but not the type that I usually like to read. loved how well I could compare myself with the womanhood of Evelyn, even if she's so much beyond with everything, I loved how you could still compare yourself with her. sometimes I even forgot that there is a present time in the book besides her life, so it was a nice touch of reality when it happened. loved how that could make me grip the fact that I'm reading about someone "real" and see her as a person, not only a celebrity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, Cancer, and Car accident

gummifrog's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I'd heard about it for years and assumed it was a very hetero drama - no spoilers, but if you like LGBT fiction, you'll very much enjoy this book. I'm glad I gave it a shot! It was a quick, easy read. The author is a master at telling only the necessary bits of information and allowing the reader's imagination to take it away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape, Medical content, and Outing

amelia_d's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

I absolutely loved this. I'm only docking it a quarter of a star because I didn't love the explanation at the end of why Evelyn chose Monique, I didn't hate it, I just felt it was unnecessary and the book was strong enough not to need a "twist".
I found this book incredibly moving and I adored the multiple complex characters and relationships.
This isn't at all my usual genre and I didn't expect to care much about it but it's one of my highest rated books in the last year.
I thoroughly recommend the audiobook read by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan and Robin Miles.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Cancer, and Terminal illness

sylvia_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was so much better than I thought it was going to be in the first few pages. After 50 or so pages I was sold and it was so hard to put the book down. 
And to be fair part of the reason I had a bit of trouble getting into it, was the culture shock of turning from a string of fantasy books to this contemporary romance, a genre I also rarely read and never in English.

But this book was just so good that I quickly forgot about that and got immersed by the story. It was excellent in showing the complexities of all characters, there is not a single completely good or completely bad character in the book. They all do bad things and yet you keep rooting for the protagonists. You’re happy when things go right, you get mad at their behalf and I got very sad at some points. 

I just want to wholeheartedly recommend this book to everyone, because I loved it and I might actually buy it for myself as I got this copy from the library (but maybe in Dutch this time ;)).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy

jastran_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

reread ♻️
this time i listened to the audiobook and i found it just as enjoyable as reading it the first time :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Cancer

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Abandonment

lemriesu's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, Biphobia, Rape, Terminal illness, Suicide, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism, Addiction, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship