Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

55 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

izzy_v's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I devoured this book — it might be the first book I ever re-read (it was that good and there were a bunch of details I might pick up on better the second time). 
I’m not usually a thriller/scary book fan and there were definitely very dark parts of the book but it wasn’t so graphic and detailed or suspenseful that it kept me up at night. I really enjoyed the tone shift away from glorifying the killer, and instead empowering the women involved. Really phenomenal, would read again (which I never say). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Incest, and Death of parent

vampireroyal's review against another edition

3.5

Ultimately, I do think this book brings up important discussions about sensationalism and violence against women. I am curious if the victims of Ted Bundy would feel about this book. It felt so strange to be reading a fictional book about the events while also diving into discussion about how the media sensationalized the real events. 
I think there was weird moments that I didn't quite understand that had nothing to do about the real events that just had me asking why that was written

like Pamela being turned on by the police officer in an early chapter and Ruth going to hit her nephew in a way she described as almost erotic pleasure - like it was just so strange to write those things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

ahopson's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was not ready for how much this book would put a hold on me. The descriptive writing really puts you into the narrator’s shoes. The mix of real life events fictionalization really pulls you in deep. I loved that it was focused on the victims and survivors and he is only known as the defendant on the writing to weaken his power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

jazzmarie22's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

wow wow wow—this book was so much more than i was expecting. it feels like being seen (as a woman) in a major way even if this isn’t explicitly something that a person has had to deal with. it’s the idea of being constantly questioned and not believed because of who you are. this book was AMAZING.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Outing

openandhostile's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

ellecam's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I fear this book might have ruined my reading goal for the rest of the year because nothing else will compare. Men are infuriating, the patriarchy is infuriating, true crime is normally infuriating but this approach truly turned the narrative on its head. A fictionalised feminist re-telling of the victims of the infamous “All American Sex Killer”, painting him as the pathetic incel he truly was, is something I never knew I needed to read. Until I read it. BRAVO.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Religious bigotry

Minor: Incest and Dementia

hannahnj17's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Content is severe, but handled thoughtfully and respectfully, in a way that I personally did not find triggering

sbox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Incest

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail