Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The World According to Garp by John Irving

11 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I did not like it 😬 Most of the time I was either bored or irritated, interspersed with short periods of false hope that the story might finally be getting interesting.

The writing was engaging, humorous and honestly very skillful, but it doesn’t make up for a story that just didn’t hold my interest at all. I would have DNF’ed after the first chapter if I hadn’t been so curious to know what people actually like about this book (I didn’t find out).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Transphobia, Ableism, Blood, Cursing, and Deadnaming

Minor: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and War

arushibhaskar's review against another edition

slow-paced

Couldn't finish. The r*pe in the beginning wiped me out completely. Literally, if I could, I would throw this book 5,000 km away from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

audra_spiven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

coralieb's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual content

lknano's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

ariel_bloomer's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia and Suicidal thoughts

dreabang's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Rape

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Sometimes it seemed to me that the author was a little too detailed, when he was describing the story. But otherwise the book was quite well read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Infidelity, and Transphobia

wortfluesterin's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Deadnaming

kalixtus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Transphobia, Car accident, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Infidelity