Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Carmilla and Laura by S.D. Simper

4 reviews

moxiemin's review

dark sad 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

3.0

Not your standard vampire story by any means. So if you are here for the gore, you might want to move on to the next book. That being said if you are thinking you are picking this up for some great lesbian vampire erotica, next book for you too.

There is some spice, but it honestly tame for the most part. Beautifully written, but tame.

My only complaint with the book is it did not flow well for my brain, and read very disjointed. The prose is still beautiful, but I found myself having to go back and re-read multiple passages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent

wordwilderness's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Includes mention of forced marriage to rapist (past)

alexfromistemor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

I'm not sure why I was surprised at how short this was, given the length of the original, but still I was thrown off. Not dissuaded, however, far from it. I loved this. Simper's text is true to the prose and language style of the era, and of the original story itself, but definitely adds a sense of beauty and love, and more importantly, a sense of agency and choice on the part of Laura, particularly at the end. And I love her added bookends of the prologue and epilogue. This was romantic and sweet and even hit me in the feels. Great book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

actually_taylor's review

dark emotional slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault