Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Die verborgenen Stimmen der Bücher by Bridget Collins

301 reviews

amelia_turner284's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Homophobia

jillianihoward's review against another edition

I did not want to read a romance at all, and this book turned out to be very little fantasy and all romance. Moreover, the romance was largely physical and I strongly dislike that energy. Not a fan of the beginning either, as it was so incoherent (purposefully) at times. Don’t read unless you want a story about two gay young adults/teens whose attraction to each other isn’t allowed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

shauna_grenead's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

circehighgarden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

halellery's review against another edition

Intriguing premise, sloppy execution.

This seems to be my main trouble lately with the books I pick up. I'm developing a phobia of beginning new books, for having been so underwhelmed so often. And my 'dropped' list keeps growing. 

Like seriously, binding up your bad memories in books so that you don't have to remember, and the people who practice that craft. That could have gone places. I was sold two sentences into the book summary. 

And then, it flopped.

Flowery prose and a rambling, whiny narrator is a particularly unattractive combination for me, I'm finding. To top it off here it comes coupled with first person POV, which more often puts me off, rather than help toward further immersion. 

Not to mention that very alluring premise, which remains forevermore undeveloped. 

I'm told the book gets notably better in the second part. It might, at that. 

But I'm past the point in my life where I was generous enough to plough through watery mush to get to the supposed 'good parts'. 

Kudos to Carl Prekopp for lending his voice to the audiobook version. He's cool. He made the hours I wasted on this at least bearable. 

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ALSO, I just discovered through a random review that there is a particularly brutal murder of a puppy in the second half of the book. 
That's a trigger for me, which I would have appreciated being warned about in some manner, thanks a lot, Collins.
You now go straight to my blacklist for that.* 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

bowlofspaghetti's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Incest

weaverl13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Self harm

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Deportation

lex24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.0

Very different style of prose to what I usually read and it did take me a while to connect with the story, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I came to appreciate the author's writing and way of looking at the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Slavery

Minor: Child death

stormofsorrow's review against another edition

0.5 / 5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Abortion