Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie

6 reviews

msovay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Vomit

seventhswan's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A fairly short book, but it packs a lot in. I felt a bit iffy about the concept going in, using real people that we can't know much at all about as fictional characters, but ended up really enjoying it. Although not claiming to be an accurate biography of either Julian of Norwich or Margery Kempe, having read Revelations of Divine Love I thought the Julian sections, at least, matched up well with what we know from Julian's writings, in accessible but no less beautiful prose. I found myself wanting to rush through the Margery sections to get back to the Julian ones in the beginning section, perhaps because I had more of an idea what to expect. This was a hope-filled, reflective novella that I liked a lot more than I expected to, and I don't think it took any disrespectfully large steps away from the source materials, even if the epilogue was a little lacking in sources to back up its speculation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexual content

alexdayhey's review

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

edwardian_girl_next_door's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

chrispybacon's review against another edition

reflective medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bearbookshelf's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

4.0

Reflective and gentle, this story is more revealing of the author, perhaps, than the women it's about. The accounts of these women, particularly Julian, are heavily fictionalised, and I believe that should be more thoroughly acknowledged. However, the author has done a wonderful job of capturing the essence of both of these women's texts and a challenging nod to imbalances in late medieval society. Overall, an enjoyable and reclusive read that reminded me why I find medieval visionaries so inspiring and interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: War