Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Book of Etta by Meg Elison

5 reviews

jessikalange's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

I found myself just hurrying through the book.

I was angry when Etta refused to understand Flora. It lost me after that. And the end? They are just going to head to that cult and that's the end? So dumb. The first book was soooo good. This book is mid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

hngisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

shontellereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

So once again I loved the way this was written and how deep into the psyche of the main character we went. However, this lacked the key aspect of the first book that I enjoyed- the "end of the world"ness / post pandemic setting. Instead it kind of just felt like a backward world with lots of cult vibes. What I did enjoy was the discussion around gender identity, it was really interesting and (in my not-own-voice opinion) well done. 
This was darker than the first book and I would really emphasise checking the TWs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Transphobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Abortion

horizonous's review against another edition

The more I read the more unsure I am of why I’m even reading this. I don’t particularly enjoy it, I don’t like the characters and some things that happened in the last chapter are just 🙄 Some things just don't make any sense to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Racism, and Medical trauma

◦ Medical trauma = Genital mutilation