Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel

4 reviews

grunbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

If this book wasn’t such a good read, I would be unspeakably angry about the ending. I am angry, and I want answers. And I can only hope Henkel writes more so I can get these answers!

It is a dizzying story that pulls you in and takes you for a ride. I couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

astroerica's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Death, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Drug use, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Vomit, and Xenophobia

remasm's review against another edition

sad tense

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

3.5

this book was only interesting when i thought the plot was going somewhere. the book became interesting 200 pages in but then went back to being boring 50 pages later. it did not feel like a thriller at all and it is VERY VERY character-driven. the ending didn't wrap up with the beginning as much as i'd hoped. the concept was cool, i think the author was on crack when she wrote it.

read this if you like:
ego-centric, untrustworthy mcs
mentally unstable women in their twenties 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual assault

erisdar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Teensy bit pretentious (in an expected ‘it’s about art students in Berlin’ way. It takes a while to get to the ‘main plot’ outlined in the blurb and after that, the pace almost snowballs but a good read nonetheless, would recommend if you enjoy thrillers, well-developed female characters and don’t mind a bit of sex and drugs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault