Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

66 reviews

l0v3lu's review

adventurous funny hopeful tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Rape, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

rubyfusca's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

nicolaparty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Islamophobia, and Animal cruelty

The book deals quite a lot with caste and caste discrimination in India.

jtpgdavey's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Terminal illness, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Grief, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Gun violence

vicezim's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Geeta resonated from the start and I grew to the other women characters as the story progressed. Fast-paced and humorous, exploring deep-rooted and relevant issues. The Bandit Queens is empowering and I was satisfied with the end in addition to loving the whole story before.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Child abuse

mk4332's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

ruthyneebors's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

This was a well told story about a woman whose husband left her but the village thinks she murdered him. Consequently she's been socially isolated.  But then women trapped in their own abusive marriages come to her for advice on getting rid of their husbands.  

The characters were compelling and the setting vivid.   

Shroff does a good job of showing how abusers work, systematically isolating people from their support network. 

And how easy it is to fall back into old patterns without realizing it.  She also does a good job showing how things can be self reinforcing.   Geeta is socially isolated by the villagers at first but reinforces it herself in later years.  Patterns of all kinds are hard to break.

I could have done without the focus on a Solani's weight at the beginning and throughout though.

She also does a good job showing that when people want to play savior, the consequences of trying to change the system often fall on the very people they're trying to save.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infertility, Rape, and Religious bigotry

selenatothemax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny inspiring medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Child abuse

itsradsmads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Classism, and Gun violence