Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

17 reviews

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

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

stitchof's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Blood, and Eating disorder

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

joannawanat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, and Rape

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

julia_rose's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It’s brilliant. The way O’Neill depicted the complicated family dynamics. The glaring contrast between the two halves of the book. Emma’s mind and the complexity of a character who starts out extremely unlikeable but engaging. I really respect O’Neill for not writing the typical “pure” or “squeaky clean” rape victim. It serves to show that no matter the circumstances ; how they behave, what they wore, their sexual history, their substance abuse… sexual assault is never acceptable. O’Neill’s writing doesn’t come across as preachy in the slightest and it’s still entertaining dramatic storytelling.  
 

It’s conclusion, while unsatisfying, needed to be written that way to do justice to real life survivors and the legal system designed against them.

It’s a bleak and heartbreaking read - not for the faint hearted - but gravely important and always will be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

niamh5's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

venice_bitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship