Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Come with me by Ronald Malfi

6 reviews

artemis7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

emilyrose486's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The funky narration of this book almost got me to DNF. I promised myself I would wait until 30% before making that choice and boy am I glad I stuck with it. The writing and vocabulary in the book was awesome. The supernatural elements in this book made it more interesting and in the end tied it together SO WELL. I loved the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual content

emmonsannae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was a fine read. I agree with other reviewers that it's mostly misclassified -- more thriller than horror for sure. I didn't dislike the supernatural elements (though there weren't very many), and I didn't dislike the ending. I just wasn't super in love with the way everything came together. (I also hate an unnecessary sex scene -- this one was Not Helpful In Any Way for plot or character development, and didn't mesh with the rest of the book at all.) I did like the book, but I went into it wanting to like it a lot more than I ended up doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

lolaslalaland's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I was first blown away by Ronald Malfi's writing when I read December Park. He has a way of creating such vivid atmospheres, substantial characters and meaningful stories. So, I bought all this books... Don't look at me like that.

Anyway, this is the second book I have read by him now, and wow. Just wow. This was such a slow and heavy book - definitely not for the faint of heart. A kind of horror that isn't about shock value, or the super crazy twist, or the bloody gory bits. It's about disturbing you down to your core and potentially tapping a part of you you're too scared to look into. Do you really know the people in your life? What secrets could they be keeping from you? Why do we move on from tragic events so quickly? How to we handle grief?

This was a phenomenal book and I highly recommend it for any fans of the horror genre. My only critique is that it is pretty lengthy and could have been cut down a little bit, but that was just my own experience at times. At the end of the day, this book was also about the author's journey through grief. If you are interested in reading the book, definitely take the time to read the short author's note at the end. It brings in a whole new perspective to the story and the author's drive to write this particular story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol