Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura

9 reviews

oliveseidler's review

challenging dark fast-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Misogyny, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

jet_nebula's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death and Violence

sspaghettiboness's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

It took me about 70 pages to get in, but once I was immersed, what a phenomenal book. At times difficult to follow, but overall a fantastic read that touches on so many persistent societal problems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Trafficking, Death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, and Rape

m4rtt4's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

1.5

cult x, more like cult sex. textbook case of #menwritingwomen, also the absence of consent made me very uncomfortable at times.

i loved the metaphysical lectures, wish the book had stayed that way to the very end. after them the book took an even stranger turn... did i understand anything? no. do i care? also no. am i disturbed? absolutely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

penny_dlc's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

it …. says a lot about society? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

pclairx's review against another edition

It is just too long/slow-paced and some scenes ended up being a bit too much (graphic?) for me. The lectures that are throughout the book were hard to get through for me and took up a pretty good chunk of the reading. This book just wasn't giving me what I hoped all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

snuggleslut's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence

saltydough's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

To be frank, this book was not for me. I started it because I wanted to try something new,  but it quickly became a slog. The biggest problem was that I hated all of the characters. I thought they were all terrible people with no redeeming qualities, which made it hard to root for any one of them in particular. Though there was some action that some might find enjoyable, the story often got bogged down in extended side tangents about characters' backgrounds and psychological trauma. Much of the story was really quite repulsive, and some passages were difficult to read. The only part I enjoyed even a little bit were some of the deeper philosophical themes that were discussed, mostly drawn from Buddhism. But honestly, reading straight-up Buddhist theology would probably be more enjoyable than this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

swordfishtrombone's review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide, Confinement, Torture, and Child abuse