Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

14 reviews

m_a_j's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, and Cancer

Minor: Blood, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

cepbreed's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Phenomenal. I hardly have any words to say after finishing this book. What can even be said to encapsulate how amazing this story is? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Terminal illness, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Infertility, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content

sydneylount's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cancer, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infertility, and Kidnapping

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Cancer, Blood, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Gun violence

marselaine's review

dark mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

katrinarose's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really struggle to rate this book. It is one of the most depressing, bleak, hopeless books I’ve ever read but it also drew me in and wouldn’t let go. I really liked the writing style and how the author was able to say so much with so little. If you read the summary and immediately just want to know why they were imprisoned - do not read this book. This is not plot-driven, it is almost entirely philosophical and driven by the narrator’s internal narrative. If this still sounds appealing, I’d say it’s definitely worth the read, but I can’t say I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content

emilyschabert's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Confinement

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide, Medical content, Infertility, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Confinement, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Excrement, and Grief

kimberleydawn's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Dementia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Cancer

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Cancer

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Dementia, Body horror, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Sexual content