Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: A Novel by Stefan Kiesbye

4 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

** For your own sake read the content warnings **

This book was well written, with great use of metaphor and weaved German fables and superstition into the reality of the story's setting very well. That is all I liked about it.

This book has no plot and no real conclusion. It is a peek into a small cursed town full of horrible and violent people doing awful, vile things. I don't see a purpose to it except to disturb the reader. I got nothing from this book except a bad taste in my mouth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Incest, Racism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Cursing

morganperks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

alternative title: you're house is on fire, your children low key set it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Body shaming, Body horror, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion and Animal cruelty

qi_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

really wanted to watch it but ended up being quite disappointed. 

it started off quite intriguing as we were first being introduced to all the perspectives. it was still confusing but at that point all the weird events from the circus dude who was apparently the devil to the weird sexual adventures. 

however, as the story began to progress and the story lines became intertwined but still quite distant i lost interest. i struggled to grasp what was going on and i failed to care for any of the characters since we changed it up so quickly. i also found it difficult to distinguish the chapters/perspectives since they are all written in the first person perspective. 

i definitely feel like a lot of the twists went over my head so i didn't really get the full effect since they were written in such a confusing and obscure manner. i didn't find anything creepy or spooky, the atmosphere was there but if anything the events in the book were just weird but nothing more. 

sad i didn't enjoy it that much :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence