Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Playground by Aron Beauregard

5 reviews

titanium_liv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

literarysoph's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

Eu recuso-me a dar um rating a  este livro, mas por favor, não leiam se nao tiverem um estomago forte

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

graydonoliver95's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

There was a lot of weird and unnecessary sexual stuff that I felt didn't really add anything to the plot, and it quite honestly bumped the rating down a bit.  It's not that I have a problem with sexual content, because I don't, but it seemed specifically designed to make people uncomfortable and I don't vibe with that.  If you've ever seen Criminal Minds: it gave me the vibe of the sorts of movies or stories they'd find in an UnSub's home.

I also just didn't enjoy some of the writing.  The way he described certain things just felt weird, clumsy, and/or juvenile at times.  He also overused words a lot.  He seemed to enjoy the words "pissing" to describe any sort of dripping liquid, blood or tears or sweat; and "meat" to describe human flesh.  Over and over and over again.  It just got really repetitive.

I also was just kind of bored.  So much happened but it felt like the "plot" was more just an excuse to kill off a bunch of children as gruesomely as possible.  The explanations for certain characters' actions (mainly Geraldine) just didn't really work for me.  It felt like thinly veiled excuses for the deaths to be written.  I just didn't buy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sofiam19's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.0

If “shock value” was a book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

shamwow2000's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s a must-read for extreme horror/splatterpunk fans. It’s gross, gory, and tense throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Trafficking