Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe

16 reviews

ac_rva's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

bernardo7894's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

venti's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

confusing 🙏 i didn’t feel smart enough to read this. did make me feel claustrophobic though, so there’s that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, and Confinement

Minor: Pregnancy

maurits's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Now that's depressing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicidal thoughts

whimpix's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual violence, Vomit, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and Rape

merface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Rape

benjiaprout's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape

wizardlizard's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I found this book to be interesting but very lackluster. The author did an amazing job of setting up the environment in which the book takes place and how the environment affects the characters in the book. Outside of that I found the rest of the book to be a bit boring, the characters had very little development. It is hard to tell sometimes from who’s perspective you’re reading from.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Content Warning:

There is a rape scene close to the end of the book that can be entirely skipped. If you do not want to read it skip ahead to the beginning of chapter 31 once you can tell that the rape scene is starting.

4ntula's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Rape

jennasalley's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Gore

Minor: Homophobia