Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom

27 reviews

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

1.0

Very preachy and unpleasant writing, a lot of mean spirited railing against straw libfems the author imagines on Instagram. The #MeToo plotline is poorly integrated and resolves in a stupid, nothing way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Excrement, and Car accident

bibliotina's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, and Death of parent

froon's review against another edition

3.0

my favorite things: the scene at the beginning between anna and her mother where anna is unnecessarily cruel (oh heartache), the relationship between leah and anna, and the chapters in the latter half of part two.

while i found the commentary on social media to be true, it lacked a lot of subtleties. we were perched right on the nose. also, part three became incessantly preachy to the point where it feels like the author is turning to the reader to say “hi, this is my thesis statement." the writing was interesting, but a lot of the l.a storylines weren’t super engaging. that is a similar problem with the flash forwards to the aesthetica(tm). 

overall, it was good! nothing that i would rave about. ofc the mother/daughter storyline was my favorite; i’m nothing but predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

fatsss's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape

evelynritzi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Whew, this one was super dark. It follows a young woman’s journey into the dark world social media influencing, where she is exploited by her manager. Without spoiling too much, this is a dark observation of the beauty/plastic surgery industry and what women give up to fit the online beauty standard, which is all fake in the first place. The ED stuff was a little upsetting for me so just be warned. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, and Death of parent

toephia's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

freckledfemale's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Medical trauma

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

This was a really hard read. I think it's important to think about the impacts of social media and the influencer lifestyle, but it was hard to watch her devolve. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault