Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

33 reviews

psanders's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Animal death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

terrabby's review

adventurous dark 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? No

3.75

Definitely check out the content warnings for this one! 

While I don't think some of the elements (you know which ones) were necessary and hate when they are written for shock value, it was ultimately a very entertaining read. A page turner that kept me enthralled enough to forget my actual real life problems, which is just what I needed. The characters made the difference because they felt three dimensional and well written. I loved Kitty and Mrs Greene and I think Patricia is a good and complex main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Dementia, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Terminal illness, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

mariecaat02's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

graphic depictions of insects (roaches, spiders, etc) crawling on someone's body

boundforinfinity's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A brilliant tale that kept me gripped for 2 hours. Southern mum's book club comes to terms with the horror in their neighbourhood, reading crime fiction about Ted bundy and Charles manson, Patricia and friends try to save their children and their souls from the dark and mysterious neighbour, James Harris. Well worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Drug use

bookswithbreck's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Violence, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Racism, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

olivia164's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Animal death, and Sexism

mari77's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

jaedyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

Trigger warnings: 
Violence and death to black children 
Racism 
Gore 
Sexual abuse of women and children 
Suicide attempt 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

dudadiamonds's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

eu to com muito ódio desse livro. ele não entregou Nada do que prometeu, amizade feminina foi feita da maneira mais porca possível, não tem mistério nenhum (muito menos gore), tem uma cena de estupro totalmente gratuita que não acrescenta em nada pra narrativa, e falando em coisas que não acrescentam em nada PRA QUE o blue era obcecado com nazismo? era pra ser algo Quirky?não tinha relevância nenhuma pra história mas mesmo assim fui obrigada a ler fatos & curiosidades sobre o holocausto. outra coisa que me incomodou muito foi a gente saber mais sobre o marido da patricia do que sobre qualquer uma das “protagonistas”, todas elas são extremamente one-dimensional,  seguindo uns estereotipos tipo a dona de casa religiosa e a dona de casa perfeita (e uma delas é estuprada e outra  apanha do marido), elas tem ZERO personalidade e qualquer coisa que faça com que se pareçam pessoas reais, isso sem contar com o white savior complex e lowkey racismo. ele sabia que iam pertubar por não ter personagens pretos de destaque na narrativa, já que todos são pobres e só estão ali pra ser mortos, e deu um papel maior pra mrs greene (que quase morre pra salvar a velha branca e constantemente pede ajuda das outras brancas), acaba que ela nem é tão desenvolvida e mesmo assim acaba sendo muito mais interessante que qualquer uma das protagonistas. a ambientação também é muito podre, nao tem nada de anos 90 ali e eu fiquei o livro todo com a impressão que eram os anos 60. não vou nem comentar sobre a morte totalmente desnecessária do cachorro no final do livro.

pelo lado positivo a escrita é muito boa e me engajou bastante :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Domestic abuse

emma_123's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Suicide