Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Skönhetens väg by Thomas Andersson, Martha Hall Kelly

30 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

kelly_jeanne's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleighreeb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Torture

aheinicke27's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Lilac Girls was an emotional read based upon the true story of Caroline Faraday, an American woman who helped seek justice for the rabbits of Ravensbruk, polish woman who survived terrible surgical experiments conducted upon them by Nazis in WWII. The story follows three women — Caroline, Kaisa, a polish woman imprisoned in the camp and experimented upon, and Herta, the only female doctor in the camp (who was also a real person). At first, it was difficult to see how the three stories would connect for most of the book, which honestly made it tough to get into. Once I could see how the stories connected though, it got much more interesting.  I like that this book told the story of women in WWII that are often forgotten and parts of the story will stay with me, but I don’t think it is a book that I’ll necessarily recommend to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, and Death of parent

vinzant99's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

I felt the love interest was unnecessary and the point of views felt disjointed and had a hard time staying interested. I appreciated the overall story but didn't like how the author brought it together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

kiwi2745's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Rape, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

emeister3's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

If you watched “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and you still want to cry over true-story-inspired WWII trauma, then this book is for you. I can’t say that it’s for me, per se - it was my book club’s pick this month. I can say the following:

The second half of the book is much better than the first. The first 50% of the book alternates between 3 different female POVs and, as a result, I kept pinging between 3 different feelings - boredom, sadness, and shock. It had me feeling so downtrodden that I didn’t want to finish it. However…these atrocities are a part of history. They happened to real humans and, tragically, were committed by real humans. And their stories deserve to be heard, then to never happen again. As Norman Cousins wrote, “…what is told here is not a glimpse into the bowels of an imaginary hell but part of our world.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thereadingwells's review against another edition

If you are not in a place to read a book with lots of very dark traumatic events right now, this might not be the one for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Murder

I knew it would include some tragedy, being a book based at the beginning of WWII, but I’m less than 20% in and there’s already been a very descriptive rape and a beloved pet murdered with a shovel. For now this is a DNF for me.

nlyssy99's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and War