Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

An Untamed State by Roxane Gay

28 reviews

emzireads's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Blood

skorned's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Awful and beautiful and gripping and so so well crafted. Roxane Gay is so talented at weaving characters and developing our understanding of the characters and what's happening. I did not expect to race through this like I did; i knew it would be a tough read, and it was, but oh was it worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

readingrandbow's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

remigves's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Violence, Misogyny, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

whatcassiedid's review

Way too graphic for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Kidnapping

jerichoknopp's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

arhenderson5's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

ulalu's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Like all Gay, challenging, this one especially so. Just tragic honestly, incredibly hard to read, deeply disturbing. Important though. And masterful writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

donotfeedthebirds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, and Racism

tnociti's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Complicated, dark, and very hard to read.  The complete destruction of a woman and her family at the hands of kidnappers who took her from outside her family compound in Port-au-Prince.  Reads extremely quickly but not easily!  Not for the faint of heart but worth the time if you can push through.  My favorite parts centered on the time Mireille spent in Nebraska.  Graphic but not gratuitously so.  It's like reading The Yellow Wallpaper - you need to feel the descent.  That was done well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence