Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride

47 reviews

amayalo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Gaslighting

nreyno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Medical trauma

leilorenzo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This is the most heartbreaking book I've ever read.
It is also necessary.
It's difficult to call it beautiful when it took so long to get through given the dmany breaks needed scattered throughout in order to... You know, still feel ok.
The narration is from the girl's perspective, some kind of "stream of thought", except it is full of breaking points, repetitions and quite nonsensical, so the girl's stream of thought is something else entirely, and it reflects, I believe, how broken she feels.
It is a trigger warning in itself, so be mindful of that. Very graphic many times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

oliash01's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death

laurbass's review against another edition

challenging sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness

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

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

fionasula's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Grief

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

paigereitz's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was a hard, hard read. The style was intentionally fragmented, like stream of conscious in the girl's head with limited punctuation or clarity of who is saying what. It was challenging material, and a challenging style. But it is unique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment