Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

6 reviews

sahrahenous's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

josxphinchen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

eilimeee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

I found this story so emotional and it absolutely broke me. 
The beginning was a bit confusing for some reason and I had a hard adjusting and remembering all the new characters involved but it ended up being fine. 
The author really plays with the reader’s feelings: she introduces a horrible main character, she’s mean, self-centered, a horrible friend, jealous… and then the most traumatic thing happens to her. 
The contrast between her character before and after is truly heartbreaking even though she is hardly likable in the beginning.
I felt such ache for her as people around her just happen to be the most insensitive and inconsiderate people to ever exist including her parents. They made me feel such anger.
It is the only book that brought me to tears multiple times and the ending was even worse as it seems like everyone has just given up and she’s just looking for help and support and nobody seems to want to give her that. 
I don’t think I will ever recover from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

fionac326's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Racism

hungeberg's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It didn't start that good. I couldn't remember all the character names and i constantly forgot who Emma had beef with undsoweiter. However it did change like 33% into the book. I loved how carefully Louise O'Neill have created the story and the characters. Everyone felt very real and the look inside of Emmas concious was so interesting. It really deepens the understanding of how rape victims are seen to be behave as well as how the society around them challenges what it means to be violated. 

However be aware; this book has almost every single content warning one can give (like except homo/transphobia)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Self harm

strawberrysheepie's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol