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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
269 reviews
I was all in - the ideas were there, it was hitting some meaningful themes even if many characters felt underdeveloped. I loved the way this vampire was juxtaposed against middle-aged suburban southern moms and the vampire was just a "regular guy" wreaking havoc on their lives rather than the usual, more "sexy" depictions of vampires I often read. It touched on racism and class divides, etc - it had a little to say about a lot of things and I was enjoying the read. But it lost me when the vampire attacks were just sexual assaults written in way more detail than I was comfortable with over and over again. I understand there's a point to be made probably, a metaphor about sexual violence, but to hear it described done to multiple women, a teenager, and the implication it was done to many many kids was just so upsetting as a sexual assault survivor there was no way I could positively speak about this book despite the other things I really quite liked about it. In this context, it was infuriating to watch people victim blame, watch the assaulter gaslight and run lives for women he was holding power over.
I've never seen anyone give content warnings about this book and I never would have picked I up had I known, so I really felt compelled to write a review to tell others.
If you're not affected by depictions of sexual assault I don't imagine it would even be on the radar for you, but for the other people who could get triggered, here's a warning to just stay away.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Classism
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Dementia, Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Rape
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
Minor: Child abuse, Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism