Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

4 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Horribly depressing. Insightful. Made me realise a few things- how I feel, what certain things that happened to me meant, what I should do about them. John Darnielle struck me again, this time in book form. I cannot wait to read his other work. This book consumed my mind for the 2 days I spent with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content

majestictrilobite's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

lily1304's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book was really interesting! I liked it more than Universal Harvester. I went in knowing nothing about the book (I just really like John Darnielle so I bought it forever ago), so it was probably more intriguing for me than it would be for someone who knew the premise. It was a nice audiobook to listen to while doing dishes. It made me think a lot. (minor spoilers about the end)

I expected the ending to be more dramatic/emotional though; it was pretty much just tense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Cursing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content