Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix

168 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

while there are many parts of this book that i didnt like, that was kinda the point. this was gross, absurd, and just downright disturbing. i could not put this down and have not been able to stop thinking about this despite reading it like a week ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/injury detail, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

ageorgi's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Murder

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Alcohol, Child death, Medical content, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Mental illness

sophmcgraw's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, Murder, Mental illness, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

katrinasherise's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Addiction, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, Child death, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gore, Blood, and Gaslighting

thiskelsey's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Sexism, Infidelity, Classism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Death, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

navisti's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I thought this book had been published in the early 2000s. Once I finished it, I found it came out in 2020.

I'm honestly flabbergasted as to how this story was published in 2020.

I get that the blatant sexism and misogyny couldn't be edited out of the story because of when it is set, but there was still so much that should not have gotten approval for publication.

The only reason this is not a 1 star review is because of how evoking the writing in the horror and shock scenes was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Racism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

_lera_'s review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Death of parent

falonmansfield's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Antisemitism, Vomit, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Racism

zalbion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse