Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

204 reviews

bookynooknook's review

challenging dark funny sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Rape, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Sexual assault, Gore, and Pregnancy

breadhag's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

I was really excited about this book and the new perspectives it could bring to horror, but it just wasn’t well-written and only about 40% of the book felt necessary/beneficial to character development or plot, in my opinion. If I wasn’t listening to an audiobook which made it easy for me to skip sections or tune out, I don’t think I would have finished this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Torture, Transphobia, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

abxgxil's review

5.0

This book is so devastatingly good. I don’t even have the words now to talk about it, but if it gets me to hold back tears in the break room at work, you know it’s good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, and Sexual assault

spacefemme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

acgeorge's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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: Body horror, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Dysphoria, and Grief

oktrouble1401213's review against another edition

dark medium-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

1.5

I DNF’d at halfway because I just was so bored by all the sex and general horniness in this. The extreme horror components took me off-guard, so check TWs! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Rape, and Transphobia

alexxcp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Fatphobia, Murder, and Sexual assault

aswarmofbees's review

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

babayagareads's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

I don't think I'm going to make a habit of recommending this read. There are some jarring plot movements without transitional context. 

I'd also add that some of the quirks were a little too on the nose - like naming the ship the Galbraith. That would have been fine individually, but including that detail after specifically killing off Rowling in a side story was a little much. And I'm not a J.K. person either - it's more to say that one of those details would have been a more pure add to the plot and story, whereas both seems too pointed.

This book is definitely not for the weak-stomached.

I'm content with having read this piece, but it's not one that I'm going to recommend to others. If you're thinking of reading something that is going to make you uncomfortable, go ahead. 

The biggest content warning I've got is also a spoiler: very early in this book there is

one of the most graphic anal/yussy rape scenes I've ever encountered in a book or movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide, Drug use, Car accident, Deadnaming, Rape, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gun violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Terminal illness, Child death, Murder, Outing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Body shaming, Biphobia, Sexual assault, Death, Fatphobia, and Body horror

You want to feel uncomfortable? This book has it all!

alienguy's review against another edition

the author's barely disguised fetishes just felt gross. none of the story elements were playing well together. i think all horror should be tempered with comedy, but this just felt like trauma porn with a few badly timed, disturbing jokes. 

i think all stories about trans people are important. i'll fiercely defend this book's existence, but it's absolutely not for me, lmfao 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cannibalism, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Fatphobia, Ableism, Gore, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death