Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

188 reviews

megansh12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

nightsparks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The audio version helped me immensely with the internal dialogue. 
Absolutely wonderful book, but please remember to search trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

The "monster" being

a trusted "angel" of the town was gut wrenching for a CSA survivor to read about. There is imo, a decently satisfying ending of full confession and setting up changes to acknowledge "monsters" can never be guaranteed to be gone. Just take the time you need to read and ground yourself.

ash22's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Murder, Pregnancy, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Blood, Police brutality, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Grief, War, Pedophilia, and Gore

rookeatsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Murder

erinnicolecreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

This book was a good quick read! It touches upon some important social commentary while also discussing heavy topics in a way that is friendly for younger readers to digest. A POC, trans, neurodivergent protagonist tackling the issue of abuse and protecting their friend. It reads more middle grade in terms of writing rather than YA, but given the triggers it mentions, I don’t know if it’s appropriate for middle grade kids. Nonetheless, was a good book and I enjoyed how it tackled heavy topics & was inclusive! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

skittles6815's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Blood, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Body horror

calamitydane's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

All I had going in was the title and a recommendation. This book both chilled and warmed my heart. The writing felt a lot like A Wrinkle in Time. The story dealt with some very difficult subject matter but in a way that felt easy for kids and adults to understand. And I appreciated the black, trans main character, non-binary character, and polyamorous parents.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders