Reviews tagging 'Rape'

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

103 reviews

hopiedee's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

jatully's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

sebsux_'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape

phoebebrainrot's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

wow wow wow wow
such a poignant novel, you almost don’t have words. beautifully written and morbidly true. definitely worth a read. allow yourself to be uncomfortable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

caspian's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

kurojiri's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? N/A

4.0

The audiobook was fantastic and made it very atmospheric.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Torture

elfcurrentlyreading's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

radiatorpasta's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

very sad with some good spooks  . dialogue is so clunky it broke my immersion in places

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I want to start by saying I really enjoyed this. However, I actually think it was too short. There were quite a few character development parts that I felt were rushed and/or came up very suddenly which was quite jarring. I think I'd have like for those parts to be expanded more naturally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

beasneaz's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Rape, Suicide, and Torture