Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

14 reviews

ezvsreality's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

struggling to find anything positive to say… this was hot garbage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs

strawbeehouse's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god. Im normal. Im very normal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

reaperreads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sigynmoon's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny

gothkicks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

vampire kid sleeps with his vampire dad

lap1n's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

fuathling's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Oozes 80’s neon with vapors of acid punk and New Orleans goth. A twisted film on paper. Gritty read, and well told.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

kalira's review against another edition

dark 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

1.75

This is very deeply grungy '90s horror, which despite the lavishly (lovingly, one might say) described . . . everything - horror, blood, injury, drugs (so, so many drugs), abuse, rape, nightmares, murder, and so on - within its pages . . . nothing of that feels terribly present. At least for me, most of it was at most disturbing of the cringe and blegh stripe if anything, not the kind of horror that makes an impression or lingers.

I've seen a number of people say they might have liked this book if they'd read it as a teenager, or similar; someone else commented that 30 is too old to start reading Poppy Brite. I'm in my 30s and I can fairly confidently say that I wouldn't have enjoyed this as a teenager either . . . and the heavy content might have been enough to screw with my head more than it did reading it now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness

loz_ange's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

laluquev's review against another edition

I’m usually someone who can handle a lot in books, but the amount of incest, pedophilia and rape made me have to stop as it felt like every page was worse just because it could be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Toxic friendship