Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

16 reviews

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I loved the story, but Brandr’s character was flat to me. Everything toward the end seemed to kind of get jumbled, and Brandr’s character made even less sense. This book also covers gender, race, and colonialism in… possibly not good ways? The author’s white, but the story is about Inuit, there is a lot of talk of Omat’s gender, and some other stuff. 

The story was fast-paced and never boring and I liked Omat’s character, but idk how I feel about the aforementioned issues were handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy

fieldsofcow's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Dysphoria

emakay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Outing, Colonisation, and War

kabookworm's review against another edition

I really liked the beginning, like really liked the beginning, but a quarter of the way through it just became a bummer. I kept going bc things will get better, right? The foreshadowing was enticing, so I figured it’d be worth it in the end. 

Then new characters are introduced, and with them came transphobia, truly awful SA (not that there’s any other kind), and explicit sexual scenes that frankly I didn’t want to read or need to read. No amount of foreshadowing could convince me to continue. 
 
I had heard really good things about this book, and I want to support stories with diverse casts, but I simply felt like garbage reading it. It’s a no from me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Outing

abutler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is incredible. The first few pages contain some of the most beautiful writing I've ever read. It's a tough read at times though- definitely check the trigger warnings because there are some painful moments. But it is a wonderful journey that melds wonderful myths and traditions together to make something wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

bookishthots's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy