Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Penance by Eliza Clark

69 reviews

grahammoore's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

elinorrae's review against another edition

• 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

5.0

Incredible book!!!!! Super engaging and thought provoking. Love the critique of true crime but simultaneous fascination with it, it felt very human. Some very dark themes but will definitely reread! Really liked the conversations around fan communities

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

nialystic's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Stalking, Outing, and Sexual harassment

florenceassetto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

i really liked this one! part of me wishes it was not read during exam season but it is also the only thing that has kept me sane(ish) so i have to be thankful! the speculative aspect of the book in it's entirety is something i found really interesting and i REALLY enjoyed the messaging and commentary it does on the real world - i find it particularly interesting and especially well delivered. this is almost definitely a book that is going to haunt me for a while but for all the best reasons, most definitely a read i would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Vomit

will_meringue's review

challenging dark

5.0

viscerally dragged me back to the experience of being 15/16 in 2016. I've never seen the unique horror of online fandom portrayed so well - dark and pathetic and funny and overwhelming. The frame narrative and multimedia aspects really dig into the tangle of truth and perspective and projection and entertainment - after all, was I not 'entertained' by 'Alec Z. Carelli's' fictional presentation of 'emotional truth'? Did I not laugh reading Dolly's cringey creeker fanfiction? Did I not feel like I shouldn't be reading the horrific description of Joni's death at the opening of the novel - and then read it anyway? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

emmacog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction and Torture

Minor: Rape

bionicfox666's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

whoisrois's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

books written for me specifically 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Classism

livlatte's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A brilliant and uniquely written novel about Fandom behavior towards true crime by youth and adults. This connects with the reader very well as I didn't know about the fake nonfiction aspect of the book from the blurb and before starting it so, the draw for me to read it was the crime story. The reader feels called out by the book, and along with the well written story within the story is, intrigued to see what Clark has to say. It uses fiction in a brilliant way to display how people socially interact with crime. When in the middle of the book I thought I wouldn't be able to reccomend this book to older audiences as a lot of the nuances of modern teen life aren't explained but the excellent final chapter of a fake guardian interview with the books fake author changed that and brought this book to a 5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Murder

caissa_chthonia's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved it. It made me happy, it made me angry, I had a great time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide