Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Slade House by David Mitchell

6 reviews

epeolatrist's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Slade House is incredibly well written. However... there were a lot of things missing for me. The novel didn't exactly read like a novel and rather like five intertwined short stories. I felt like there was little character development, other than a small amount for Norah and Jonah at the end. Speaking of the end, I'm quite confused. It seemed a bit abrupt to me. I wish that I had gotten some background on Iris and how she came to be a so-called "astronaut." I did not dislike Slade House. It's a fast and interesting read. I was just left a little underwhelmed toward the end. It's not a book that I think I will pick up again in the future, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexual content

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

2.0

This was definitely cool and weird, but maybe not my kind of cool and weird? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

shesaidlividly's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content

z_thatsit's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Car accident

wanderingthepage's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

 It seems many have loved this book, I’m sad that I just couldn’t get into it. I almost DNF’ed this one and I don’t think I gained any enjoyment from finishing it lol. Sometimes if I stick it out, I end up enjoying the book in the end. I didn’t connect with the plot or the characters. The elements were there for things I love, yet this one fell short for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, and Sexual content

rachelunabridged's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Violence