Reviews tagging 'Rape'

As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann

14 reviews

aduqu's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.5

This book made me upset. It's good, it kept me entranced the whole way through, but the main character is an awful person and I spent a lot of my time reading this being disgusted with him.

Definitely recommend it for fans of dark historical dramas who don't mind an unreliable narrator! Definitely do not recommend it for anyone who likes to root for the main character, or who doesn't want to read about toxic relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Sexism

remimicha's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, War, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, and Mental illness

norrell's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 

"I wondered how many times I would be told 'Be joyous' before I died. Can a man arrange the sorrows and joys of his life to the Christian calendar?"

An enthralling study of a man slave to his urges and passions, whose utterly abysmal lack of self awareness and reflection engulf him in a darkness so profound his soul is tainted forever.
But it's also so much more than that, it's rich with symbolism, the prose slides elegantly and conjures effortlessly, the characterization of all, but especially Jacob and Ferris is magnificent, and the thorough devotion to Jacob's perception of the world, himself and others, even reality itself, is palpable. This was such an overwhelmingly rich atmospheric read.
Because I'm at a loss for words, have this quote, encapsulating in which state As Meat Loves Salt has left me:

"I knew now what the dog had been doing as it lay apparently senseless. It had been thinking, thinking, thinking."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

hooligan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really liked the prose, this was written in a way that made me feel immersed in 17th century England with all its gross flaws. Also it was written in such a way that by the end of the book I was almost on Jacob’s side-even though he’s an incredibly awful person!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, War, and Sexual assault

owlribbon's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and War

savvypotions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

marlene2112's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

biab00's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

 Violent love eats up what it does love, and is mere appetite.

This was wild ride. The narrator is not a person that you easily sympathize (i didn't at all), you are in is head throught the whole book and by the end i just wanted to be free of this man's mind. 
Althought i hated this character most of the times, I would be lying if I said I didn't find his character fascinating to read. I do love to read books with morally grey (or really fucked up characters) like this one has, so this was a treat for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, War, Alcoholism, Murder, Medical content, and Physical abuse

teargarden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

it pains me that Jacob walked away unscathed from all the misery he brought about.

very well written but the ending 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Sexism and Racism

eliasiexil's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War