Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

25 reviews

evadaisy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

So unnecessarily traumatising. Maybe it's a good book if you don't mind that sort of thing, but please take care of yourself and check the content warnings. This book is so much darker than I expected and I wouldn't have read it if I'd known.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

simkei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious tense fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Self harm, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

This wasn’t your average thriller, it was dark and gritty, but slightly slower paced than many people may prefer, with some dark humour thrown in too.
I appreciated the brutal honesty of the story and the inclusion of plenty of important issues, but can see why this may not suit everyone if they expected something else.
The prose was beautiful, and full of colour and light, with the description of place and character just enough to draw me into the story. There were a few slightly repetitive parts, and loose ends that could have been tied up, but seeing as this is the start of the series, I’m assuming that they will be in the next book. I can’t wait to read it when it comes out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

laketwentytwo's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Rape, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

erosabsens's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

charlieeee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Suicide

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

I would read another in this series because the premise is interesting. I also appreciated the reveal. But it had a little much ultra-heavy hinting to the backstory until I wanted to scream "JUST TELL ME WHAT TO HECK HAPPENED TO YOU A FEW YEARS AGO GOD." I also felt like 7/8 of the book was kind of pressing forward and at a pretty slow pace and then the last 1/8 was really rushed and everything happened at once. Okay, and I also felt like the running themes and motifs were much farther on the smack-you-in-the-face side of the spectrum than the oh-i-could-see-that side. Also I think I wanted more fighting against god, but that's my personal issue. But I think it has potential! And I would listen to Mara Wilson read an ingredient list, and I'm not even kidding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Please avoid if fire freaks you out!

egmamaril's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I rated this higher because I really appreciated seeing the social-justicr Catholic church (and nuns) I know represented, but the actual prose and mystery were not my cup of tea. However, it is setting up an interesting duo and I love Sister Holiday as a queer version of the troubled noir detective. I will remain optimistic for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, and Pregnancy