Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

36 reviews

sapphicpenguin's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious

5.0

I didn't love every single moment, but this is a damn good book. Reads like one of those short stories from English class that you think about for the rest of your life, but longer and funnier. Felt like Kafka mixed with Neil Gaiman mixed with (cis) womanhood/motherhood anger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Body horror, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Magical realism–typical unreality vibes. Discussions of childbirth.

Spoiler

Explicit description of the main character murdering her cat out of anger. Toddler son witnesses many acts of strangeness/animal cruelty and experiences occasional neglect/endangerment. He is portrayed as generally happy, and is never actually physically hurt. Body horror is descriptions of human-to-animal transformations.

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Sexual content

seawarrior's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Nightbitch is a story of pent-up frustration, wolfish hunger, and fierce love. Yoder's protagonist is complicated by her seemingly perfect surroundings and wrathful loneliness, and is a woman who is not altogether miserable or satisfied. She learns to lean in to her animal instincts and to revel in the wildness and brutality of raising a tiny human ripped from her own body and blood. This may be the book with the most amount of quotes I've ever highlighted. I adored Yoder's use of language and her protagonist's unfeigned self-expression. This is a layered, nuanced, and humorous tale of a woman asserting her power, one that ends with a triumphant understanding that underneath our civilities, we are animals with a natural and savage inclinations to love ourselves and our own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

yafi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, and Child abuse

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Cursing, Sexism, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Excrement

msradiosilence's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming

cjcrawfish's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Fatphobia

thebearnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Alcohol

kayleejanes's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

dora_w3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexual content