Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

129 reviews

kellyeweber's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

nvciel's review

emotional informative sad slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

madeleineward's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

clarke's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I spent the vast majority of my time reading this being bored and wishing for it to end. Which I knew would be the case, but it was chosen for this month's book club read, and I'm fuelled by spite. There were some small parts I enjoyed (you can probably guess which), but for the most part every chapter felt like I knew opportunity for it to tell me things I don't care about. The other 1 star reviews have articulated this well enough that I'm not going to elaborate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

epruta's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicide

katyps78's review

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

4.5

Beautiful epic historical fiction about 2 women/friends/wives/mothers and their lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Racism, War, Violence, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

palejandro's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, Death, Rape, and Grief

ariannazylstra's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

artemicc's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I learnt so much about Jeju’s /Korea’s history and haenyo culture from this book. really good. 

wow the relationship between youngsook and mija… and how the book was written with the flashbacks and jumping back to the present and how it all comes full circle at the end… so good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, and War

creative_potato's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, War, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Gun violence