Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

6 reviews

theladykathryn's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I came into Geek Love completely blind and came out wishing that I was. Perhaps that's an overstatement, but this book has forced me to sit and ponder our society's emphasis on uniqueness and what some people will do to achieve it. This novel is astounding -- I will be forever amazed at how Katherine Dunn managed to continuously surprise me through every chapter, taking the worst possible scenarios and making them even darker. I had to pause constantly to absorb what I was reading, sifting through Dunn's incredible prose that transported me to the dusty midway of Binewski's Carnival Fabulon. Although I was disappointed with the lack of climax at the end, despite the teasing of the second plotline throughout the novel, I can confidently say Geek Love will forever hold a special place in my heart, mostly because these scenes and characters will never be forgotten no matter how much I try. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Medical content

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

lightsandcandy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

emily_weiss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

This book will probably stick with me for the rest of my life; it's unlike anything I've ever read before. It's so unique and horrible yet the author did a good job of making the characters lovable despite how different they were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

lilkstew's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

This book felt like it snowballed out of control and all the author could do was keep running with it. She somehow managed to fit every taboo topic into this book without making great points about any of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Body shaming, Body horror, and Ableism