Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

76 reviews

slavic_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

shxx2's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, and Misogyny

beepbeep15's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Body shaming

ava17's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

eliseamelia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Cursing, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

jemimabbello's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

This book infuriated me, probably because of the injustice of it all that Louise O’Neill meant to educate and display. A tough read that should be held with many trigger warnings and quite graphic but can be educational in rape culture and all that surrounds it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

lisa_butler79's review against another edition

dark sad tense

4.0

Asking for it - Louise O'Neil
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Book review

TRIGGER WARNING -Rape.

This book had every emotion possible in one book tears, anger, sickness, revulsion and more anger.  A hugely sensitive topic that was talked about in a brutal honest way that it should be. 

I've struggled to review the book as the characters were hard to like even Emma the main character. She was unlikeable from the start but I felt the author wrote her this way to make a point that the title of the book wants to Portray that Emma was shallow and that she was asking for it with her behaviour and deserved what happened to her.

The consequences of that night and the effects on all involved was awful to read from Emma's denial that this could have happened, the victim blaming and slut shaming from her friends and even her parents wanting to keep up appearances in the village. The comment her mom made "Good boys don't Rape" made me want to physically pull this mother out the book so I could give her a piece of my mind. As a mother to a daughter of similar age I wanted to wrap Emma up and support her.

The book although hard to read I would still recommend. I felt all of Emma's Self hatred. It's raw its real and scarily happening still to women everyday.

My only flaw was the ending there was no happy ending, it was left with no real resolution. The author wrote the book so we talk about this subject and support the Emma's of the world but was the Emma in this book supported when there was no resolution. However, in real life do victims of sexual assault have happy endings or are they always questioning "Was I asking for it?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

em2lyy's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual content

strange_and_unusual's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

luluoxlo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Rape, and Self harm