Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee

22 reviews

eparris's review

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Grief

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.0

This book was a bit of a let down. It was also wayyyy darker than I expected and I really wasn’t expecting Noam and Lerher’s relationship. Besides that, several of the conversations about grooming, rape, etc. got very repetitive and were the same thing every time. I also didn’t really like that Dara just had every issue the author could think of. The author had to split all the page time between the sexual abuse, substance abuse, various mental illnesses, and eating disorder so nothing ever really felt developed. It felt like Dara’s character was traumatized just for the sake of having a traumatized character, and not because the author really wanted to address any of this topics. I felt like, though the issues were obviously connected to one root cause, the author didn’t draw that connection very well and Dara’s character was undeveloped/underexplored as a result. The book would’ve benefitted from flashbacks, not just Dara and Noam thinking about past events. The ending also wasn’t very satisfying. Overall I did enjoy the book and found it engaging, but it definitely could’ve been better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Incest, Blood, and Medical content

iridaceae's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, and Colonisation

k_wolf's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

catherinesbookshelf's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide attempt

a_ira's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape

cindythenerd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, and Death of parent

izzybell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

diifacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

rori_02's review

While I enjoyed the first book, and it was clear throughout the book that sexual assault was a continued theme, this book was incredibly graphic in it's depiction and description of it. I felt that unlike in the first book, in this book the reactions of the characters and their emotions were unrealistic. It stopped feeling like a genuine portrayal of grooming and sexual assault and more like a perverse consumption of queer suffering. I tried to push through hoping it would get better, but given how much of the plot was centered around this, and that I came to dislike the characters after their continued unrealistic reactions towards each other, I couldn't manage to do so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment