Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

127 reviews

autisticbucky's review

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

peonydancer's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

miiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

avuavu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

mnasr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

God of small things definitely deserves the attention it has gotten. Set in Ayenmen, Kerala, the narration takes a deep dive into the casteism, taboos around love and the different standards held for men and women (often held up by other women) when it comes to love and sex. 
 Despite being heavy, the writing style was still quite enjoyable. The descriptions were strange yet vivid and accurate. Many descriptions definitely unsettled me but that only increased the quality of the narration. This novel is supposed to be unsettling and the descriptions build that aura most aptly. Due to the thick and heavy writing style it did take me a while to get through it. 
 In my opinion it is primarily a socio-political commentary presented as a narration and might require the right head space for some to enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Incest and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism

meghanbisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

pranati_pathak05's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

quinn24's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

thomasdj's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual content

ghoulsghoulsghouls's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A

Roy is an activist first and writer second and it shows in the material! This is a compliment, she writes  stories that are necessary and missing. Prose + use of repetition off them shits, beautifully and sickeningly vivid imagery.  The story lingers still, I won’t forget it anytime soon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Moderate: Incest