Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Sold by Patricia McCormick

26 reviews

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This is an absolutely heartwrenching story about a young girl from Napal who is sold into sex slavery. It's told in the form of various poems. It was a really eye-opening story about a horrible topic. It was painful to read about the experiences of this young girl and others like her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Medical content, Confinement, Rape, Child death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, and Drug abuse

author2223's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content and Torture

Minor: Suicide

missgrangerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Rape

wen320's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

comeundun's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Confinement, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

mwolfe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Torture, Child abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

fieldofhats's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

1.5

Read for Young Adult Literature.

This was not an enjoyable book by any standard. Was it good? Maybe, I guess. It brings awareness to a serious issue, although the medium in which it does so feels very odd to me. A “Young Adult” book this graphic is not appropriate for most people in the target age range. Surely there are some, maybe even many, teens who would be able to handle this book, but not enough to justify the book’s label. It’s good to bring awareness and talk about these issues to young adults — but that’s it. There’s no need to throw them into the thick of it. It puts unnecessary stress and anxiety onto them. Furthermore, as a teacher of English and literature, my job is to help young people fall in love with reading, and this book may just do the opposite.

This book is fine for adults and above, but not for an audience younger than that. I cannot recommend this book to its target audience in good conscience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Body shaming, and Violence

ladykatka's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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? No

5.0

This book will make you uncomfortable and sad but it's necessary to have an eye opening read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Child abuse, Rape, and Violence

bookbuyingwithkatie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Trafficking

art3m1sxx's review against another edition

informative sad fast-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? No

5.0

I’ve read this a few times. The first time I read it in junior high and it blew me away and I couldn’t put it down. This give an insight of what happened and is STILL happening. It’s sad and heart wrenching but a great read at the same time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape