Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

5 reviews

lord_lut's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Grief

912jae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Excrement, Car accident, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, and Pedophilia

bookishpriest's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

1.5

This felt like two half-conceived short stories stitched together for the sake of making something long enough to publish as a book.  Two parallel storylines that suddenly meet up in the last 10% of the book. Some of the ideas were interesting, but fell flat and didn't recieve their due. There were references to Sandman and Needful Things that could have been very compelling but did not deliver.

There were several depictions of extreme violence and homophobia (check the trigger warnings before reading!) that did very little for the story or character advancement,

didn't get much treatment and, in the end, were hand-waved away without any real follow-up.

This felt to me like a version of trauma porn and not at all helpful.

Whatever the author's intent, I couldn't find it in these pages and it was disappointing enough that I won't be looking for more of their work.

The narration of the audiobook is well done and a pleasant listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Minor: Pedophilia

emilycarvelli's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Excrement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

micalyia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 It was uncomfy and dark and twisty. This book can be very triggering to check trigger and content warning.

It wasn’t scary but it was horrifying in the fact that it was just horrible how the characters keep getting knocked down by different situations 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture