Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

El fin de Alice by A.M. Homes

26 reviews

chaoshermit's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Deeply fucked up but very well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.5

Not entirely sure how to sum up this book. It was an interesting read, and i think the writing was very well done, but the ending left a lot of loose ends that i think could have been explored more. 

The final chapter was especially disturbing to me, and there were many scenes that made me feel very icky, so this certainly isn’t a book for the faint hearted and definitely check trigger warnings before picking this up because it gets very heavy very quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

waverlyloyd's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Vomit

mossroot's review against another edition

Currently too dark for me, not interested being in the head of a pedophile. Probably will pick back up in the future, but is not an enjoying read for me at the moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

mattydingdong's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.75

Do you like alteration? A.M. Holmes sure does! Yet another book that's "truly disturbing" and "gave me nightmares".

It was fine. Nothing more, nothing less. If you're not a frequent reader of splatter punk or extreme horror there are a few passages that may turn your stomach. But ultimately there's nothing out of the ordinary. 

I feel like a lot of extreme horror deals with pedophilia, incest, etc. and The End of Alice is no different.

It feels like ultimately this was a disturbing short story or blog post that got fleshed out into a novel, but upon completion a lot of the story feels unnecessary.

It's probably worth a read, especially considering it's less than 300 pages and can be finished in a day or two, but you really wouldn't be missing out if you skipped it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Incest, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

_wellshit's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

eefsteefs's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

spooky_taylor's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

I was not a fan, felt it went way too far into a very taboo topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Death, and Child abuse

always_a_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

kateghart's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

Soooo creepy and so dark but also weirdly fascinating? Definitely akin to Lolita with somehow more violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence