Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Die Einladung by Monika Baark, Emma Cline

61 reviews

mstall_'s review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted The Guest to be so much more than it is.

Emma Cline’s writing is wonderful — quick, sultry, and so so atmospheric. I felt like I was summering on the East Coast by page two. What gets me about this book is that nothing happens, nothing. The last page, the last word, is the start of the thing you’ve been waiting for this whole time! I can appreciate a good, unsatisfying ending but this just felt confusing. I read almost 300 pages to not find out what happens?

Does Dom the drug dealer come and find her and hurt Simon?

or

does Simon see her and take her back?

or

is she just making all of this up?

or

is Jack alive or hurting himself?

I guess I just don’t understand the point here. Where is the story? Is the story just about a girl who wanders the beaches of New Jersey for a week? I’m so lost. 

3/5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Violence and Adult/minor relationship

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Car accident and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault and Infidelity

dyer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Stalking, Rape, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, and Mental illness

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder

maryclaire92's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

5.0

A delectable train wreck that I could not put down. Gobsmacked at the sheer audacity of protagonist Alex and the way she both floats and jackhammers through life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

dogmp3's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Captivating in a stressful way! Alex, the protagonist in this book, is our modern day messy disaster that we strangely root for. Moreso to find some relief to the cringey and terrible positions she puts herself in. Looking forward to reading more of Cline’s books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

emilycm's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

engaging, eery, and reminiscent of the unnerving quality of grotesque wealth associated with american summers and vacations. i understand the ending, but it was a little disappointing, especially with the build up throughout. i have a theory that dom was not even a real person, since we only ever get his communication through phone and the details of alex and him are murky. lots of pleasant unveilings to consider in this feat from cline.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

e11en's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Car accident

spencerjie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

reading this book feels like you are in a drug filled haze alongside alex and you will leave this novel a little more unmoored from reality than when you started it; in a fantastically brilliant literary way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Abandonment and Stalking