Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

32 reviews

patydenisse's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

You think you’ll love the book, but then you keep reading and ask yourself why is this or that on the book, the it gets sooo bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Lesbophobia, Blood, Sexual content, Death, Addiction, Racism, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Child death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

It is not for kids, I would even say teens, there’s explicit sexual content

leeshisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.75

I wished to complain about how the ending doesn’t fulfil me.  But I can’t, because life isn’t fair- it isn’t perfect, and therefore I cannot sit here and complain for an unrealistic perspective. Susie Salmon is a cool, compassionate and genuinely kind character- her personality so intrinsically sewn into her narration that I struggle to come to terms with the fact that she is not real. And I believe Sebold had a similar experience in what must be the best, most heartfelt afterward I have ever read:

“Susie has turned out to be more powerful than I could ever be. I may have created Susie Salmon, but I hold no doubt that it is the act of letting her go that redeems me.”

Overall, it was beautiful- i didn’t like the relationship between Samuel and Lindsay to begin with, but I will blame that on the sisterly bond I felt with her- this underlying need to protect her, just like Susie. It only increases my love for the book more that it was able to make me feel such a way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

jollymama's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content and Pedophilia

kaylaannsreads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

espressoreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

Interesting take on how Heaven works.  Definitely a secular view on heaven.  The story was interesting.

Author like the sound of Len, Lindsey, and Lynn, quite a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Pedophilia, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Self harm and Stalking

finleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

litzy56's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a good book the chapters always left with an interesting thing making you want to read more and this was the first book that I ruined my sleep for idk probably 4 days? And the ending was alright I felt like it was rushed like you knew the end was coming and I also had so many questions at the end of the book like did the mom leave? Were they a happy family? 

Spoiler

I loved the father I’m glad he didn’t die cuz his son needed him and he was such a good father to his son and daughter like when he would carry his son in order to see him smile or when he talked to her about shaving when he wasn’t supposed to do that. I hate how that grandma died and how she didn’t see Susie in heaven like what??? First of all I loved that grandma I was here for her craziness she just made me smile I really hope they can reunite. Probably the only death I accept is Holiday’s like I could feel his excitement when seeing Susie. I hate how Mr. Harvey died like I really wished for something worse yk like being tortured death was kind of the easy route. Also that one scene when Ray and Susie made love was so cute like bro this is also my first time reading a book that had that in like it kinda described it but not really idk they were just so cute but I hated how it was Ruth’s body and not hers like if would have been better if they had sex with her body but oh well he knew it was her that’s all that matters. Also Lindsey and Samuel are so cute like bro the proposal was cute and everything they got me screaming at night but why would they name their child the same name as her mother? Is everything good now? Does the mother and son now get along well? Was he able to forgive her? So many questions I really would have wished that they were answered or they were clarify better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual content

Minor: Child death

They aren’t that bad

threadbear's review

Too upsetting to be enjoyable in any way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, and Child death

rainbowpridepin's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Grief, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Racism