Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel

61 reviews

kristins3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

A very difficult read. Contains a lot of very intense themes, but it gave an interesting perspective on the wide variety of causes and consequences of addiction without excusing the harmful actions of those caught in its throes (especially Arc’s mother)

Based on this and The Summer That Melted Everything, I feel like Tiffany McDaniel has her own genre that’s sort of like magical realism, but with far-fetched happenings or terrible actions taking the place of magic in that genre. I’m not totally sure what I think about the twist yet and I’ll have to think more on it

Tiffany McDaniel does have a tendency to write characters that constantly give very deep-sounding statements in a way that defies reality, but they also often mean nothing so I’m not sure what to think

The cover does kind of annoy me because it doesn’t match the bottom/top half lipstick used throughout the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

hailsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

aisya_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

jnnkdl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, and Abandonment

magicofthepages's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

looneytunes's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

kaleidoscopiodevidas's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Esta historia está llena de simbolismos por doquier. Habla de adicción, relaciones familiares, aborto, entre otros temas. Es un libro muy duro, pero que vale la pena leer. Tiffany da con sus personajes una voz a las personas que parece que nadie busca cuando desaparecen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion

bookscoffeehayley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I adore Tiffany McDaniel’s writing. It’s beautiful and heartbreaking and intense.

This book was not an easy book to read but had me totally shocked at the end. It lost half a star due to pacing in the middle. It dragged a wee bit but not too badly that it distracted much from the story. 

McDaniel is an auto-read author for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

itsgoodtobea's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

maggiemcfly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy