Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

88 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

lydinanana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty

emmades's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Vomit, Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide

lotoblanco's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Death of parent, Mental illness, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Body horror

rachelunabridged's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

So excited to finally find a Grady Hendrix book that worked for me! I had such a fun time with this read. As someone born and raised in the south, I feel like I've met every single one of the women in this story (and their husbands, unfortunately) before so I thought the characterization was hilariously on point in a lot of ways. I also really liked what Hendrix did with the social commentary in this book. There was a lot of subtle domestic abuse + subtle racism in this story that I thought was very well handled + offered a very nuanced look at these issues + how insidious they can be. Toward the end, I felt like he got kind of ham-fisted with his portrayal of the antagonist, which is one of my biggest complaints about this author; however, it wasn't as distracting in this book as in some of his others so I was able to more or less shrug it off.
All told I really, really enjoyed this read + the narration in the audiobook was fantastic! Would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Death, Gore, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Infidelity

unfuckablecryptid's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death

mairielle's review

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

denizens98's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-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: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

laurendieckhaus's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Vomit, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Toxic relationship

purplatypus's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/injury detail, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Gaslighting, Grief, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Dementia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Addiction, and Vomit