Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas

2 reviews

wallymeadows's review

dark medium-paced

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

Not a book I’d recommend to other women sick of reading descriptions of the experience of owning male genitals, but probably a more important example of the genre as a queer text, especially for readers who need this sort of thing. Pornographic without eroticism, revels in its own figurative and literal filthiness. A book of crusted bodily fluids, testosterone and cultural agonies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

k_nastran's review

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

It's a dark, deeply troubled story about a youth in desperate search of identity, while at the same time proudly/stubbornly renouncing all labels and society's attempts to place him in a category. It's story about otherness at its most painful, both physically and emotionally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent