Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

9 reviews

vanillanightmare's review against another edition

funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Classism

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

Frustratingly inconsistent in quality. Ridiculously porny (by which I don't just mean explicit, but the sex scenes are often contrived and unconvincing, and leave you asking "who's putting what where now?") Protagonist Violet makes terrible choices throughout, and I'm not sure I was rooting for a happy ending for her so much as just wanted to stay her kicking and screaming away from the awful, awful creeps she's got involved with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Vomit, and Child death

rainyhayley's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.75

I have never been left more high and dry by a book. I wanted this book to be good SO badly. I wanted it to be queer and sexy and slightly more wild than your normal vanilla smut romance. Unfortunately this one really missed the mark for me, Violet is unlikeable, as is almost everyone else. The manipulation of Violet by the other characters was awful and from the beginning this book just made me sad. There was a lack of consent in most of the sex scenes and the only sex scene i enjoyed was the one right at the END. Which I almost didn’t get to because I really wanted to DNF this one. The plot is lacking and I didn’t root for Violet at all. This book also has some big trigger warnings that I should’ve looked at before I read it. The ending of this book is the ONLY redeeming factor for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Gaslighting

kasey__'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

ggcavs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

evawymer's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Sexual assault

hannahmayreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is a filthy mess and I loved every page. Under all the raunchy stuff though is a well-considered story about a young woman coming to grips with herself. Violet is as complex as any modern young woman is - I share many of her angsts and anxieties - and while her unravelling is expected, it is refreshingly told. Feeling looked over, ignored, dismissed and wondering if adulthood will ever arrive, it’s not hard to see why Violet falls so quickly into a relationship with Lottie, Simon and their friends. It’s validation and satisfaction, an irresistible combination. What they offer Violet is all the relationships she needs - romance, friendship, job - and in her lonely, frustrating existence this seems like the answer to everything. This book is a lot like all the other “millennial angst” books out there, but the difference here is that Violet isn’t having terrible Tinder sex. 

It covers female desire with great nuance and luxuriates in the pleasure of it. Buchanan captures the wonderful and confusing nature of female desire, tracking it through Violet as she comes to understand herself and what she wants, allowing room for all the complexities, contradictions, and joys women experience without shame. It is bold, but it is also normalising. This is a very lusty book, but its really about love - platonic and romantic - which is something we can all get behind. 

There is (predictably) a neat happy ending, but as Marian Keyes says, the reader deserves a happy ending because there’s already enough going on in our own lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

thecword85's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

hannahdotmay's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship