Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

939 reviews

wiki_kpuebla's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual violence

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Blood, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

cazastrophe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Violence

rslnpg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, and Rape

nicoleme1212's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Classism, Body horror, Child death, and Child abuse

myloveshine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

azh950's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

jaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

The read was a mix of decent and slow. It came in waves of intense parts, and then chapters and chapters of random filler. A couple of plot holes that weren’t really touched upon. An okay Read, but wasn’t blown away by the character writing or story telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Rape, and Self harm

ande13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

I did not like this book. I felt the pace was overall too slow, and there were a lot of graphic body horror scenes

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including describing the naked body of a 17 year old girl

that I just wasn’t anticipating and that I felt added nothing to the story. The conclusion didn’t wrap up the story as cleanly as I had hoped and it felt rushed compared to how drawn out the rest of the story was. The other big issue I had with this story was the amount of “I’m your husband, you’ll do as I say” attitude that was woven in. I get this is set in the ‘90s and is trying to stay true to the time, but it just didn’t sit well with me reading it in 2023.

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At least Patricia asked her husband for a divorce at the end, it was literally the only saving grace.

Most importantly, does the dog die?

Spoiler

Yes, Ragtag dies, and it felt totally unnecessary. He makes it all the way to the end of the story, just to be given a tumor and killed. I felt like they could have chosen another way for Patricia to get Korey out of the mental hospital.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Rape

karleywestra's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder