Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

223 reviews

michelletapp's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

No plot. I feel like the entire book was just written for shock value. But I will give props to the author, the main character was a psycho and you could really get in her head through the narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bries_librarybooks's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

This book nails the goal of being creepy, skin crawling, and real. I hated EVERY SINGLE SECOND of reading this book, and I ended up having to take MULTIPLE DAYS between certain parts because the contents are just that visceral. It was truly terrifying to see how REAL everything was, how REAL the ending was, and how manipulative and EASY it was for the FMC to do what she does.

CHECK. YOUR. TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

sydlexi's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts

leahlovesbirds's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

paigeesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

The book is full on, the topics are full on. Being written from the villains perspective, taking you through her thoughts and actions. It is well written, but proceed with caution the topics and feelings that come from reading this aren’t for the faint of heart 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lazergoespewpew's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

maggot_meatsuit's review against another edition

Working a job where I interact with children close in age to the main character's victims, I was finding it increasingly difficult to push through her sexually graphic descriptions of minors and the fantasies she was having involving them. 
I understand that the author was trying to make a point about how our society treats pedophilic women who victimize boys in comparison to their male counterparts, content just went a little to far for me to continue reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

gabriellegoldenhour's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

4.0

This is a hard book to rate… it was well written and captivating but also gave me a stomach ache. Also how can you not acknowledge the subject matter in the acknowledgments? Just a lil “lol sorry y’all 🤪” (3.5-3.75 stars but rounding up because the author truly went all in on this story.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mirandahopeshea's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-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

5.0

WTF did I just read? I laughed out loud several times, marvelled at the brilliant writing, had an actual nightmare halfway through the book, felt physically ill, and thusly will be giving it five stars. Tampa makes you want to rip your hair out and actually FEEL disgust, not at the storytelling (like so many books I have read), but at the story itself. The difference between Tampa, and other books in the same vein about abuse (Colleen Hoover…*cough cough*), is that something like this is is that it’s not glamorising anything. Tampa is satirical and critical in the same go. It doesn’t pretend that the subject matter is aspirational, okay, or in any way good. It is pure horror, and is labeled as such.
Some art is supposed to be difficult and nauseating. It makes us think about the darkness in the world in a deeply meaningful way. You don’t have to read this book. In fact, I don’t think many people will be equipped to, and should not, but that doesn’t mean this book is “bad” or shouldn’t exist.
I read somewhere once that “The sterilisation of reality is a detriment to all who exist within it.” Fiction helps us practice empathy and helps us face the scary, big-bad real world. Art shouldn’t be sanitised because it makes you uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail