Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Three Women - Drei Frauen by Lisa Taddeo

192 reviews

nreyno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Incest, Car accident, and Death of parent

mybestfriendisabook's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

this was brought to my attention after seeing that this was being adapted to film with shailene wooley.

 ate this up in practically a day. revealing and intriguing. my interest ranking: maggie, sloane, lina. interesting prose from the author of describing things. explores female desire. read like fiction with how bewildering it was esp maggie. very taboo. the research the author dedicated to create is impressive. 

surprised that the title and cover are so plain for such a heavily researched project, it doesn’t give any impression of what it’s actually about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest and Suicidal thoughts

ashlinvrf's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

I'm disappointed because the description left me wanting more than what I'd read. Actual representation of the diversity of women's desire. Much more of a focus on trauma, not much analysis or commentary? No sense of closure or reflection on the parts of the main women?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Gaslighting

jenna0818's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

Didn’t love it, I feel like I’ve read stronger narratives that hit the same themes, but it was interesting to compare the three stories and see how gender punishes women in different ways than the men, who seem to not take accountability for the ways they transgress women interpersonally and systemically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

veskumelooni's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

veluzwilkins's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Such an important read. I'll have to sit with these stories and these women for a bit to better appreciate my reactions, thoughts, and feelings. Lisa Taddeo did a very good job of articulating the nuance, breadth, and interplay of female desires and sociocultural expectations, Would be a terrific book club selection for discussion.
All Narrators really elevated the narratives of each woman and helped them leap off of the page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

miss_creant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

Lisa Taddeo is such a talented and gifted writer. This book was challenging based on the content, but very well written. Definitely worth checking out, but there are some content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape

mayaspasta's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

craftyanty's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I have mixed feelings on this one.  
The author shares the stories of three women and the details of their relationships with significant men in their lives.  All three stories were engaging and intriguing.  However, they seemed a bit imbalanced to me because Maggie's story (that of a teen who becomes involved with her teacher) could've been a book of its own.  While all the stories were emotional, that one just felt much heavier than the others.  

Most of the book is written in straightforward prose that allows for smooth reading, but every now and then, the author hits you with a simile  thrown in that feels forced and takes you out of the book.

I also would've appreciated it if the author had chosen a more diverse group of women.  Perhaps this book concept could be extended into a series that includes some women of color. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicide

anaxthology's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content