Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Το άρωμα by Patrick Süskind

27 reviews

charming_killerqueen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

caroline2's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

0.25

Really dark and disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

ed_moore's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Süskind’s ‘Perfume’ to no surprise places a lot of emphasis on scent, both in its plot, character and descriptions, and never before when reading have I considered scent so much especially given I have a very limited sense of smell myself. This book was just as brilliant as the pigeon, but in an extremely different way. It was so carefully crafted yet weird, harrowing, uncomfortable and shocking (the series of twists at the ending!) 

‘Perfume’ follows a child Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, as he grows into a young man and his super-human nose leads to huge successes in the perfuming business yet he seeks aims beyond profit, to create the perfect scent and also discover his own, for despite the power of his nose he himself lacks smell.

It really made me consider the impact of smell where it’s not played much of a role in my life (as I said earlier) and somehow was conveyed through words which led to the phenomenon of so intimately accessing one scent through the use of another. 

The book also had a similar feeling to Dumas’ ‘The Black Tulip’ for some reason which I too thoroughly enjoyed, though was a lot more unsettling. 

I am quickly falling in love with Süskind as an author.

though the orgy scene was really weird I didn’t love that…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma

gabbynasty's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

windspice's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

bgick's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad fast-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

2.75

sporadically good; a waft of flowers after rain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

uly_mckown's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

emmaj_xo's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.0

My expectations were high for this. A dark, erotic tale of murder set in mid-18th century France should have felt made for me. But I felt the more “disturbing” parts of the plot pushed too far into the realm of silly. That’s not to say the content wouldn’t be upsetting for some readers, just that the villainy is almost cartoonish.

An easy, well-paced read with some interestingly inventive description that kept me entertained throughout. And on that note I think the translater is deserving of praise. But overall not as impressed by the plot as I’d hoped I’d be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit

aliciapiron's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content