Reviews tagging 'Rape'

With A Vengeance by Freydís Moon

5 reviews

bangiebangs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.25

4.25*
4/5 spice

Fantastic book, queer rep (esp body dysphoria is really well done, the MC is trans) which I really appreciated. A lot of latinx culture in here, including ghosts and religion, just such a cool read!
the spicy scenes are borderline hard to read (this demon fucks for *his* pleasure), but if you like monster spice you'll be happy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bonriki's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Cultural appropriation

salemander's review

freydis moon i worship at the altar of your fuckin literature. 

UPDATE: NEVERMIND!!! FUCK YOU “FREYDIS MOON” YOU LYING RACIST ASSHOLE!!! hope you never sell another book again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

ashlislibrary's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

lasafica_reads's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

*UPDATE 05/01/2024: Just found out that this author is in fact not Latine in any way whatsoever and has been pretending to not just be Latine but also a POC Latine which is very sickening.

Now in regards to my original review of this book i think that this explains the offness i felt when reading this. Im glad i followed my gut and never read anything else from this author. The harm that this has caused is maddening.**

This book rubbed me the wrong way and i cant quite put my finger on why but ill try.

Before i start I want to say there will be some spoilers and also that this review is coming from my experience as a Queer Latine who is a child of a immigrants. Also, also, also forgive my sentence structure i know its awful lmao. 

To start, the way the friendship with Esther was written really got under my skin. I understand the main character is supposed to be imperfect and messy and distrusting especially after what happened with their mom, however i cant get over how Kye, who is Latine & knows how awful ICE is to their community, made the choice to intimidate Esther with ICE violence. Having to read through the scene where Kye threatens to give Esthers picture to the ICE agent if Esther didnt do what Kye wanted, made my stomach twist. And then the next time they talk Kye gets what they want from Esther and proceeds to tell Esther that "if itll save my own ass" ill turn in all the undocumented workers from my moms business AND THEN proceeded to talk down to and explain to Esther how oppressive systems work as if Esther is a naive child. The thing is, i think i might be able to get past that if Kye ever appropriately apologized for it. But they didnt it was kind of like "Well you know me im kind of f*cked up. Oppsie ✌🏼😃"As if thats a good reason to not fully own up to and rectify the awful way Kye treated Esther for the majority of the book and was willing to use their own community as canon fodder, to benefit themselves. 

Personally i thought everything about the ICE/undocumented/immigrant storyline was handled so carelessly and not wrapped up with any kind of thoughtfulness. 

I think the only part of this book that felt like it was handled semi well was the gender identity however it still felt kind of removed from Kyes Latine identity. It made me sad because i only read this book because i thought i was going to get a story about the Trans Latine experience and yet the Latine experience was not done well and felt separate from the Trans identity as if their isnt an entire intersection to be explored. Its so hard to find a queer/trans book about Latine people by Latine people so when i found this i was so excited unfortunately for me this book was overall a very disappointing read, with very few redeeming qualities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Deportation

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment