Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

448 reviews

stephaniekrebs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcoholism, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Rape

arrianne's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Dementia, Racism, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, and Misogyny

aprilmariee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Child death, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, and Gore

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

fionaraney's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Animal death, Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child death, Murder, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, and Animal cruelty

seeker24's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

The author was able to encapsulate the white, middle class Southern culture in this book. From things mentioned, social structures and how women sometimes interact with each other. 

The book had some gruesome horror that I wasn’t expecting, but it was manageable. 

By the end of the book I was hoping for more information. I wanted the story to keep going and get good vindication. I wanted a huge triumph, but it definitely didn’t happen that way.

Also the way the vampire feeds and how the victims feel bliss is just weird and seemed a little unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

courte_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Racism

mshigherlearning's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

White, southern, suburban housewives in the 90s + creepy events = this book. Lol if that sound interesting to you, then check it out. 

⚠️ Trigger Warning: there is one paragraph that includes a scene of sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

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

thormagnarok's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

My favorite of Grady Hendrix so far. The pacing, the characterization, the absolute left fields of things going wrong had me hooked. I wish it could be a Netflix series but the end is definitely HBO level gruesome. 

I can see (valid) complaints that it’s a book built on POC (specifically black women and children) violence. Which I don’t love, and might put people off. Think The Help, but with monsters, and

Spoiler

white women who apologize for abandoning the people they promised to protect

. I don’t think that fixes or excuses it, but that’s the vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death