Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

11 reviews

llothspeich's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Blood, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Abortion, Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Ableism, Violence, Rape, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content

tgrace95's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Suicide

sydapel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

A series of really compelling, if often violent and disturbing, short stories. The writing is acerbic and biting, but still conveys a deep sense of character and empathy, even with characters acting in anger or fear. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Suicide, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny and Abortion

natalieba's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-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

4.5

This. Book. Woah. Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Montiz was the first book chosen for @parkroadbooksclt 2022 Challenge Book Club - the category for this month was an award winner. This short story collection is STRIKING - each story packs a punch and the writing is vivid and evocative and beautiful. 

All the stories take place in Florida and the author doesn’t shy away from some tough content - miscarriage, suicidal, cancer, sexual assault… I’m a sensitive reader and for me the payout for living with the characters in their struggles was worth it. This isn’t manipulative emotional content - this is real (well, actually I hope the content in Exotics isn’t real… would love some thoughts on that story if you have some to share!). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Racism

laurenmcnamara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Suicide, Death, Blood, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

naturemamareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Infertility

invaderlinz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

3.5

Thank you to Libro.fm for this copy!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I received a free ALC from Netgalley and HighBridge Audio in exchange for my honest review.

WOW. I have been sleeping on story collections and that was a mistake. This is my second one this month and I really enjoyed it. There are definitely dark topics in this book, but I would have gladly listened to a full length book of each of these stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent