Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Lasher by Anne Rice

4 reviews

nocturnical's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

I am a hater at this point & I still have one more book to read. If you don't absolutely despise Michael by the end of the first few chapters, I am judging you. I find myself rooting for Lasher because he's a weird baby man punting incest bourgeois uteruses into the sun in hopes of furthering soft spot babyman kind & their unquenchable mommy milk fetish & I can never take anything seriously again. The noise I made when I read the chapter of newborn Emaleth banging an old dude for milk was so shrill it likely couldn't be detected by human ears. The only sympathetic character in this book emerges from a backstory fraught with casual racism & xenophobia all to immediately start a relationship with a 13 year old girl as a man in his thirties. Put me in the ground. I am tired.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child abuse, and Rape

cjblandford's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book is not for the faint of heart. There is so much questionable content here, which is really just a continuation from the first book, but at least we have answers now as to why the incest and the pedophilia was normalized. Anne Rice, you had one messed up mind.  I mean, just look at my content warnings, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Incest, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Stalking, and Torture

moreau's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

0.5

LITERALLY TRIGGER WARNING EVERYTHING
i thought i was desensitized to anne rice but no im not this is the most atrocious book i have ever read. i could feel god's eyes watching me as i read. this is absolutely foul. no character is likeable, there's so much sex and it's not like it's sexy sex or anything. so much gross breastfeeding, pedophilia, etc. this is genuinely fucked up and i feel like i should be legally punished for reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical content, Incest, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

zeloco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

What (and imean this respectfully) the fuck did i just read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Incest, Violence, Blood, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Abortion, Gore, Pregnancy, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical trauma, Infidelity, Grief, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Stalking, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, and Murder

Lots of unsavory things. Strongly suggest to avoid if you're not prepared.