Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

5 reviews

gteng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Child death, Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Dementia, Incest, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Bullying, Chronic illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

eveshilton's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child death, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Murder, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Sexual content

maekay's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

2.0

Bordered on torture porn, not sure why I finished this. Little baffled this won an award.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lycheejelly's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Dementia, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Stalking, Transphobia, Addiction, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content