Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

6 reviews

not_to_day's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

Minor: Addiction

cindylchap's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

If you love reading pornography, namely detailed homosexual pornography (which was about 99.99% of it. The rest of the less detailed sexual acts were heterosexual with a sprinkle of pedophelia), then this book is for you. The actual story line probably amounted to about 1/8 of the entire book and that is most likely being generous. This really was not a “coming of age” story. Not only that, the dialogue was not even congruent with the age of the characters. These were teenagers but conversing like experienced adults. I also found it unbelievable that these teenagers know how to make specific cocktails, know exactly what is in one just by the taste, and serve home made margaritas at their secret teen parties while their parents are away. The only reason I kept reading was because I always try to finish a book and I wanted to know what happened in that tiny little plot that was interspersed here and there 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Drug use, Bullying, and Adult/minor relationship

clichemarker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

“Don’t you think he’s probably gay?” Thom stopped. “Don’t you think that’s his real problem?”

Good, but overly long.
He spoils elements of the book at the beginning, but it takes so long to get to them that I completely forgot what he had said.
This feels like a cautionary tale for nosey people. 
The gore is sparse, and happens every hundred pages or so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Animal death, Violence, Alcohol, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Pedophilia

torturedreadersdept's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

emouemi's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Mental illness, Homophobia, Death, Classism, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

valeriekate's review

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Outing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Infidelity, Rape, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Hate crime, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, and Homophobia