Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás

97 reviews

junipersbooksofvices's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

nadstorro's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Writing was difficult at times. 
Internal monologue was confusing. The ‘ ‘ following a quotation—I was unsure who said it and whether it was a thought or apart of dialogue. Or whether it was a dream. 

It was emotional. Definitely thought Michael would side with Lucifer and would follow him. The outcome made it even more sad. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

genexcort's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

if you grew up gay and religious and eventually left the church this read will hurt a lot in the best possible way. stunning prose that reads like scripture, making it all the more devastating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, and War

rizky's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Ruin me, will you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and War

jacksons_books_and_music's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

bree343's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

sam_xmc's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

jillianb143's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

I will think about this book forever and I love it with my whole heart. It scratched a specific itch I didn’t know I had 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

suns_prelude's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I adored the vast majority of this story. Absolutely gorgeous prose, the author knows how to make Lucifers uncertainty and pain felt so well, it has so many lines and moments that remain stuck in my head and Lucifers downward spiral hangs over your head like an axe…

For that I am devastated to give this book such a low score. 

There is a solid 50 page block that completely ruins the rest of the book for me. I love when stories depict a character in crisis through a change in writing style and pace, it allows readers to connect so much better, but I believe this was done so terribly, I almost put the book down entirely even though I was already so close to the end.

I loved this book so thoroughly up until that point that I thought I would be giving it a 5 star. I’m so disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

neonsonight's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault