Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

286 reviews

iseefirede's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

The pacing of the book felt off. The first part was pretty slow and uninteresting, but then everything seemed to happen in the last few chapters of the book.
Beyond that, it was a wonderful read filled with diverse characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child abuse and Dysphoria

Minor: Pedophilia, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishperseus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

turidt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, and Vomit

jameliaareadsalot's review

challenging emotional reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Just an amazing book with a timeless message. I had no idea what this book was about when I read it and it just made the book that much more special. Would recommend this to every and anyone who cares about our issues in our society.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

nanduh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

gwenswoons's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

So unusual and truly marvelous in the most literal sense. I LOVED You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty, one of my favorites of the last many years, and thought Vivek Oji was amazing too; but this is my first YA of Emezi’s, and I wasn’t sure what it might be like. But it’s gorgeous - their writing always stuns me and leaves me breathless and this is no different. I thought it was truly incredible, in a work that is so accessible for younger readers, to have language so eloquent and perfumed in the way Emezi’s always is, and to be able to approach the heaviest and most devastating topics of humanity with a light enough touch that a younger reader could live inside this story. I’m not someone who loves fantasy  - I don’t read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, and sometimes supernatural elements lose me a little bit - but Emezi’s writing is just so beautiful and so compelling at every turn that I didn’t even give a thought to whether or not I believed what was happening (I just: did). Same, somehow, too, with the allegorical/archetypal elements: these could be so obvious and heavy-handed on another writer’s desk, and yet Emezi’s world building and story crafting are so exquisite that every element of the story - every word, every turn of phrase and plot - feels inevitable. Such a gorgeous read, and I thought the audio was gorgeously narrated, too, by Christopher Myers (something about this book as a dark fairytale/ parable worked really beautifully for me in audio format and I feel like Myers really captured for readers that feeling of listening to a story - so good).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and War

aurora4847's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.25

A brilliant story about a world supposedly rid of violence and bigotry. Jam has to come to terms with the fact that her world isn't as perfect as it seems, and old monsters still lurk in the shadows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, and Torture

While nothing is explicit, there is a pedophile who is found out and brought to justice. There is also a good deal of religious imagery, specifically biblical angels.

zellerella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual assault

helenaeoftroy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia

smittonwith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

“Pet” is such a great novella that I would recommend to anyone! This book covers such important motifs that are often not spoken about enough. The story is the perfect blend of fantasy and real-world elements combined. This is a short book but has so much important and valuable representation. I can’t wait to re-read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape