Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Three Women - Drei Frauen by Lisa Taddeo

37 reviews

nreyno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Incest, Car accident, and Death of parent

mybestfriendisabook's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

this was brought to my attention after seeing that this was being adapted to film with shailene wooley.

 ate this up in practically a day. revealing and intriguing. my interest ranking: maggie, sloane, lina. interesting prose from the author of describing things. explores female desire. read like fiction with how bewildering it was esp maggie. very taboo. the research the author dedicated to create is impressive. 

surprised that the title and cover are so plain for such a heavily researched project, it doesn’t give any impression of what it’s actually about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest and Suicidal thoughts

ashlinvrf's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

I'm disappointed because the description left me wanting more than what I'd read. Actual representation of the diversity of women's desire. Much more of a focus on trauma, not much analysis or commentary? No sense of closure or reflection on the parts of the main women?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Gaslighting

veskumelooni's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

nouvellevogue's review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Sexual assault

kelsey_eden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

haileyeh's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Justice for Maggie!

Too much sexual detail for my taste, but otherwise an extremely well-written book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Incest, Terminal illness, Blood, and Alcohol

sha's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

divinereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Incest, and Terminal illness

geraldineleyendo's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

2.75

I've changed the rating of this book a few times - I appreciate its role exploring *true stories* of desire; but as a novel-like book falls flat for me, with some of the explicit sexual scenes going for too long and some other important/interesting aspects of the stories being ignored or brushed off way too quickly. The creative writing is great but all those years of immersive research leading to just this compilation feel a bit disappointing. 
 
It's certainly thought-inducing and although I enjoy the mixed order of the stories, I feel the whole structure lacks intention. Why were the stories told in that order? Is there something truly connecting them? (other than the very obvious "sex stories told by women"). I feel the author fails in giving strong answers to that which overall made the book less enjoyable for me. Some themes will stay with me for a long time but only because of their importance, not because the author threaded them particularly well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest