Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

48 reviews

captainbookamir's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse and Misogyny

Minor: Incest and Rape

purplesaturday's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Very compelling, very heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Incest, Rape, Grief, and Classism

astrangegirlsmind's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Incest and Rape

emalillah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

mrsderopp's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

Bit dull

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

rideauriverreads's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

sarah_kula's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

jinmichae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

I saw the movie first, but I really enjoyed this. The writing was beautiful, and it was interesting to be inside Lib's head from the beginning (in her most insufferable) to where she progresses to at the end.

It was a slow narrative, but I felt it was quite tense: I read it all in one sitting, even knowing the end. Every 8 hour shift you hope that a change will come, and you feel as worn thin as Lib by the time it finally does. Bonus points for the scene at the end with Sister Michael: reminded me of one of my favorite scenes in Les Miserables.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katieamelia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Rape

e_199's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail