Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride

68 reviews

irisreads1996's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

It took me a while to get in to this as the prose is very unusual. I was very surprised to find how visual the writing style makes this book - the sentences are not grammatical and don’t make proper sense, however the images that it was able to conjure up was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

ada_km's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.75

The writing style was very interesting, unlike anything I have read before, but so clever. So raw and real, gut-wrenching, disgusting, cold, terrible - I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicide

justanexistentialgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

vickyreptile's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Uffff.
Así se va mi último libro del 2023. Quizás uno de los más desafiantes que leí. 
Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer es, quizás, indescriptible. La historia es una historia familiar, de amor y traumas y dolores compartidos y secretos que se enraizan como hierbas malas. Sin embargo, lo trascendental del libro, de la novela, no es su historia sino la forma de contarla: un monólogo interno sin pausa, asfixiado, entrecortado, una conversación constante con un interlocutor lejano, incapaz de escuchar, un otro que no entiende pero que lo es todo, que es el motor del discurso y el fin y el principio. 
Siento que me va a llevar días terminar de procesar Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer. Siento que el poder hipnótico de su prosa mantendrá su hechizo sobre mí largo y tendido. Lo recomendaría? No lo sé. No solo por los trigger warnings (que debería tener escritos por todos lados), sino porque esa misma prosa afiebrada, caótica, interrumpida, no es de fácil digestión. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

froggylife01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

shafia42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

wow. initially i was relucant to start the book, id never read anthing that had a similar wrting style, so it felt dauting. i got about 20-30 pages in still confused and not really clicking iwth the book but then i read a review of the book written by somone who was blown away and i decided to continue. and im so glad i did. once you get into the rythm of the writing you are turely transported, but the thing thats differnt about this book is that youre not imagine like a movie with all the things that happen but rather only the feeling. it felt a lot like reading muisc, the book takes you through so much emtions, so much so that some scenes were too graphic and hard to get through even though the passages were only a few sentances long. you get transported into the narrators head and fwhilke you read this book you are her. i cried so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

foolygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

ezravarley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

listen to the audiobook!!!! i struggle to read prose that’s broken up and styled in the way this book is, so listening to it gave me the full harrowing devastating experience of taking in this story. absolutely crushing story of abuse. don’t expect to finish this and feel good! that’s my cup of tea though and i loved how irish it was so good rating from me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, and Terminal illness

rowanelisa's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail