Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

335 reviews

shyleek's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.75

I sat on this for 24 hours before writing the review. I don't have a lot of triggers, I can process things like a healthy adult, however this did bring up a lot of stuff. So to write a fair review I had to give my head some space. 

Growing up with Kya was a beautiful and sad journey all at the same time. She was so strong and overcame everything thrown at her but you couldn't help but think that she shouldn't have those things thrown at her to begin with.

Honestly the ending wrecked me. Because while I fully expected it, I didn't want to believe it.

I wanted to hold on to Kyas innocence.

This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster. If you can handle the content, I strongly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Racism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Confinement, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

zoeysdigest's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

The characters felt like they could do with greater nuance. I enjoyed the twist and mystery throughout the book, watching the alternate timelines collide to reach the present day. The friendship and romance between Tate and Kya was really sweet and perhaps my favourite thing about the book.

🎯 The unexpected ending and the tension throughout the book.
🎯 The friendship between Kaya and Jumper, Tate and Kya were wholesome.
🤔 The part about Kya's growing up years were too long.
🤔 I could see how the lack of explanation regarding the ending could leave readers dissatisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

aboo99's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

quietmarki's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Listened to the audio bc I was scared reading it, but it's okay. I was spoiled by reading the reviews (my bad) but still liked it enough to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

emilosophy's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

I think I let people hype it up too much for me, so my expectations were really high… this was a really mediocre read with some tropes & racist depictions i find…done  poorly & was mostly unnecessary. (i know theyre trying to provide a “realistic 1960s setting” but it was poorly done.)
Overall, I was a bit disappointed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder

hannekeemmerink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

Prachtig! Geen woorden voor 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

bia21nka's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

a_novi's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.5

This is a beautiful book. I have never seen the movie but I heard it was amazing so I head this book and I’m so glad. It’s interesting, emotional, and there’s a satisfying (but predictable in my case)twist at the end. If my mom was alive I would be sending her this book to read. She would have loved it.

That mf Chase Andrew’s deserved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Grief, and Child abuse

danireads12's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I finally read this book! It took me forever because I wanted to absorb it all. I didn’t want it to end. I haven’t read a lot of mystery books, but I loved this one. It was so beautiful, sad, mysterious, and so much more. I loved it and would read again. There are some scary parts I didn’t love, but it makes sense to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

asparker's review

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.25

This was so slow and it felt like the story developed in broken pieces rather than slowly synthesizing together. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism