Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

5 reviews

winterpirate's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

aerolich's review

dark hopeful informative tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

marsisred's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

Very intense 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

bonkybonky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

I hated it.

The pacing of the book was so off-putting. Half way through a chapter there would be long flashbacks that were way too long then would continue on with the current events.
It's also written as a diary which I personally don't like. This means that diary entries for singles days go on for many chapters. Not to mention it was boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

deepfriedgoogs's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Z for Zachariah is like if the farmer's almanac had a threesome with an edgy apocalypse potboiler novel and a streetcar named desire (but only the creepy abuse bits.) 
 
Additionally, i love that the line "Ann Burden, you'll wish I'd never come here," is uttered by the guy who turns out to have murdered his friend for wanting to go see if his family was dead and then abuses and attempts to rape Ann, a sixteen year old who nursed him back to health after he made the extremely stupid decision to run fully nude into a random river without checking radiation levels. spoiler, the river turned out to be extremely radioactive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape