Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

51 reviews

redflagtaste's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Fire/Fire injury

abbz_o_lutely's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Honestly, this book was incredible. Shocks around every corner. Truly a story that now lives rent free in my head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Body shaming, Suicide, Misogyny, Blood, Trafficking, Mental illness, Bullying, Body horror, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Murder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Torture

thssmysrnm's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Sexual violence, and Body horror

athenap92's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy fucking shit. One of the best horror novels that I have ever read, period. Loved the themes, loved the characters, loved the voice, loved the pacing. Loved everything, absolutely no notes. I enjoyed the gore, the plot, the twists, the dark humor, the grounding themes of women, aging, losing yourself and finding yourself. Phenomenonal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

_emaliemoore's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Oh man, this was one helluva story. It was good, yes. But difficult and complicated.  I liked it, at times. But it's a difficult story to like because of its complexity.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, and Body shaming

emory's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Misogyny, Gore, Blood, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Murder, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

rebrosecca's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

 Disturbing in all the right and wrong ways. I was surprised to learn the author was male considering the main character and 99% of the plot is pre-menopausal women issues. In the end, though, it makes a lot of sense. The misogyny is heavy. The horror is gruesome and uncomfortable. The humor is morbid. The way he paired legit issues about society's portrayal of aging women with gritty, in-your-face violence was unexpectedly confronting. The making of the monsters in this book is chilling and leaves you unsure if the ending is a victory or justice has gotten out of hand. If you want to read something that feels like Stephen King but includes violence against women, this is a solid pick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death, Murder, Misogyny, Animal death, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kaitlouise94's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

Solid 3, i feel very conflicted abt it so pros: 

• Middle aged woman main character 
• Gory 
• Mysterious 
• Relatable main character 
• Interesting plot 
• Bloodbath 

Cons:

• Insufferable main character 
• Flat character writing
• Slightly confused worldview, inconsistent details or forgotten details 
• Unsatisfying ending kind of? 
• Feel like it should have been either shorter or longer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Gore

Minor: Sexual violence