Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter

4 reviews

emmaisreadingabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction

lu555's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Excrement

krystalframe's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

mxajlikesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I find Chris Carter's writing exciting and easy to read, and the gory gripping storylines very enjoyable. For me the main drawback of his books are the way in which female characters in particular are sexualised, brutalised, and all seem to fancy Hunter. Carter also uses tired stereotypes of sex workers in particular being two dimensional fodder for violence and it reads as somewhat whorephobic.

The implication that the rape and murder of Roxy was extra sad because she wasn't a regular street sex worker and was just doing it for one night to get money for medicine for her kid was a bit unnecessary. I was very disappointed by Robert pointing those things out during the final confrontation, instead of that it would have been horrific either way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Terminal illness