Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Break by Katherena Vermette

43 reviews

lou_christie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

gingerrachelle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

A deeply sad and dark novel that ends with a small bit of hope. I love a book about the women in a family. 
We get different prospectives from many different people all interconnected but it took me a minute to sort out who was who. I kept confusing 2 people. Once I figured it out though it was smooth sailing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

bnelson13's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting story, really well written, incredibly heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Blood, and Violence

tjmitrovic's review

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Child death

buffy87's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

Appreciated the strong flow of womanhood and sisterhood throughout the story. Felt compelled to keep going. Very triggering but there was something about reading these stories that filled me with gratitude and also made me realize I'll never understand that kind of generational pain. It really made me think and felt very real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical content

ginapasquinelli's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

dallyowally's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Child abuse, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Grief

j_l_jackson's review

dark reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

laashpa's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

theoceanrose's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Death, and Drug use