Reviews tagging 'Rape'

El fin de Alice by A.M. Homes

34 reviews

catell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ismerene's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the toughest, most reluctant 5 stars I will ever give a novel. I hated every second of it and yet, The End of Alice excelled at what it set out to do.
Yes, the content that is described in the synopsis is present, and it pulls no punches; you know exactly what kind of novel you're in for from page 1. But it is far from cheap, and as the novel unspools in a beautiful-prose-with-horrible-words way, you find the narrator may not be as reliable as you thought, and that situations and memories are blending together, past and present. This is the first book that made me close it for a moment to collect myself (Second place for that honor belongs to Sister, Maiden, Monster's "brain honey"... HURK). I genuinely gave thought to putting it down permanently. 
There are no heroes here, only victims, and those who took their victimhood and turned it into outright evil. It is disgusting, intriguing, sad, and abhorrent. The ending is perfectly ambiguous. If you're looking for the most fucked up book that doesn't rely on cheap shocks, congratulations, you've found it. I will never touch this novel again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

radiohex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Murder

sarajrathore's review against another edition

This is just too brutal and grotesque, sometimes merely for the sake of being in-the-face. I really did not enjoy it and it made my stomach churn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

beaverla's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child death, Rape, Murder, Incest, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

christina_reads_books's review against another edition

glorifies pedophilia; "romance" between a 19yo and 50yo; called a young girl a "precocious nymph"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug use and Death of parent

wyabook234'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Gore

sapph1re's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Rape, Murder, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

amieleigh8919's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

charbookchar's review against another edition

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death