Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

59 reviews

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

Heed the content warnings.  Nothing is overtly graphic or descriptive but it is very clear what is going on. 
It was an emotionally challenging book but the subject matter was handled with care and I feel Elizabeth Scott depicted the cycle of abuse, victims becoming abusers, and imperfect victims well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Tw: Starvation and denied food

perth_is's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought the writing was beautiful. The use of the phrase of being a “living dead girl” was haunting and I will be thinking about this for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

elwhits's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

cecilyroseceillam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was extremely well executed, I love the way it shows the effects of SA and pedophilia. I love how disconnected the prose is to show the characters mental state, how she doesn’t understand happiness and how she describes people not being broken like she is and unclean. I also like the descriptions of being a walking husk and just flesh and skin to be used. A very good read and I quite enjoyed it,I also found it interesting her sleeping with people as an escape and using the very thing that caused her trauma and how she started partaking in the abuse toward other children, so she wouldn’t be abused anymore.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

lovelydeadgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

em_chata's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death and Drug use

mossroot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Living Dead Girl took me a little over an hour and a half to read. This book is BEYOND fast paced, you are so in the thick of it. Beware speed readers: every small sentence counts, and those words you know to look for won't be there. Cherish every sentence with this book not to miss a single moment. 

Every moment was throughly disgusting, and I could not put this book down. I truly recommend if you're already deep into the thriller horror concept, and if you're comfortable reading about very bleak scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

witchykind's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

luvvbug_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

heartbreaking. left me hollow for days. cried the whole time. so incredibly f/cked up. stayed with me since. for SA survivors, this can dig up a multitude of feelings:,( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping