Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura, Kalau Almony

12 reviews

klamsc's review against another edition

so much rape and gratuitous sex. I was icked out so I had to stop

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt

zandria's review against another edition

While a fantastic book I found it to be very graphic. There are no warnings about the content in the book and it wad often very abruptly presented in the story. I wanted to continue, but I found scenes and content difficult to handle without warning they were coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

finalgirlfiction's review against another edition

Extremely dense, gratuitous sex scenes which focus heavily on violence against women, and not what I thought it would be 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

oliveseidler's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

mashmuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

wow this book just hits ya then keeps on going, read some stuff in here I never thought I'd ever read and I'm not quite sure if I'm better off or worse off for it. I guess we'll see!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

machen27's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It's curious to me that this is described in it's "blurb" as a magnum opus, a book about cults and those who fall into them. Perhaps I'm missing cultural context or I didn't read it thoroughly enough, yet I can't shake the feeling that if this is the pinnacle of Nakamura's work, I am not interested in reading his other works. It very much is a story that happens to the protagonists, filled with disjointed flashbacks and dumps of pseudoscientific philosophical nonsense, I found it hard to care about the characters or what happens to them. I think that this is somewhat intentional on Nakamura's part, the plot of the story reflecting the experience of falling into a cult, and I credit the author that. I also struggled with the choice to include gratuitous amounts of sexual content, of which there is much, both consensual and non-consensual. It felt unnecessarily and frankly unrealistic, though I'll admit I have no factual basis for that sense. As for how the book ends,

I found the escalation to an international crisis including conspiracies to engineer this crisis juxtaposed with the idea of it all being done for no reason completely unearned, especially with the protagonist having a seemingly peaceful ending

. Ultimately I think the book failed to grab me because I have no interest in the main subjects of cults, and found that there was little real mystery here, just confusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

ireneac's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide

m4rtt4's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

1.5

cult x, more like cult sex. textbook case of #menwritingwomen, also the absence of consent made me very uncomfortable at times.

i loved the metaphysical lectures, wish the book had stayed that way to the very end. after them the book took an even stranger turn... did i understand anything? no. do i care? also no. am i disturbed? absolutely.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

livimw's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

penny_dlc's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

it …. says a lot about society? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder