Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás

54 reviews

asukaya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

katierem277's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

mpbookreviews's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

cemeterygay's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

CW: Major (Christian religious trauma)

sophiasoler's review

dark emotional medium-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

i wish i had the words to describe this book. lucifer’s internal conflict was difficult to read and so familiar. he was created to be a servant and was punished for his very birth. it is such a crime to be human. to be of flesh and blood. to be breakable, fragile, and unworthy. to be human is to be searching for meaning and something in this large abyss and to learn that there is nothing. even the one created you, who forced you into this world, does not want you as you are. to be human is to try and change everything about yourself and to be cursed with the knowledge that it will never be enough. this was such a beautiful and eloquent expression of humanity and its complexities in the form of lucifer’s fall. i wish i could reread it tenderly as if i had never read it before, and re-experience everything over and over again. this was very cruel, and i think i will read anything rafael nicholás writes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Self harm

Minor: Rape

nevermoregothic's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Rape, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

honeycupreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

This book is absolutely gut-wrenching… I truly have no words to explain how I feel right now. All I can say is make sure you have some tissues near. Also please make sure read the content warnings at the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

thecatconstellation's review

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

There are some beautiful parts of this book. There are some tender moments I found very moving. There is also a deeply unsatisfying ending that is delivered at twice the speed of the rest of the book. I think a follow up book is coming, which I will definitely read. I just had some issues with pacing and clarity behind some of the choices that were made by the characters. Hopefully that gets fleshed out. 

I will say - if you have religious trauma, please do a LOT of research before deciding to read this book. It was pretty triggering for me. 

Also - I would not label this as a romance and only a portion is cozy - the rest is quite intense and at times difficult to read (trauma, gore). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

ladieswholunch's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

Brilliant, actually! I’ll be thinking about this one for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, War, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Emotional abuse

tahsintries's review

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Blood, and Body horror