Girls Burn Brighter, Shobha Rao
Book
Literary Fiction
Book
Literary Fiction
Updated: 4 January 2022
| No rape or sexual assault | |
| Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied) | |
| Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing) | |
| Sexual relationship between adult and teenager | |
| Child sexual abuse | |
| Incest | |
| Attempted rape | |
| Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after) | |
| Detailed/vivid description of rape |
Description
The sexual violence in this book is pretty extreme and graphic. The following occur throughout the book: rape at the hands of a friend's parent, marital rape, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse, and sexual assault at gunpoint. Victim blaming, both external and internalized, are frequent themes, along with general misogyny.
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