Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Daddy by Emma Cline

9 reviews

bookfriend8'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Very well written, each chapter feels like a book of its own. The stories are raw and immersive. Some parts feel a bit boring/fruitless, but you get to explore ten different narratives in one book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Body shaming, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

laurataylor's review against another edition

slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Sexual content

w0lma's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

lilacs_'s review against another edition

reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug abuse

redewhurst's review against another edition

While a couple of the stories had been good, the more I read the more I became frustrated with the stop-start feeling of reading short stories. I thought I would persevere nonetheless; I’d read 5 out of the 10 stories and could have easily interspersed the remaining 5 over a few days while predominately reading something else. But then I started reading story 6: Arcadia, nothing caught my attention, I couldn’t differentiate between the characters, I had no attachment to them or the story, and it’s the longest story in the collection. I very quickly (3 pages) realised that this was not the story for me, and I could feel my frustrations growing. I wasn’t even really reading it, I was skimming and even that wasn’t getting it over with quick enough. 

January is, historically, a month of reading slumps so I was soo happy to be so engaged and enthusiastic with my first read of the year; The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson, I could clearly see this undoing all that of that enthusiasm. 

I still believe that Emma Cline is a talented writer, I really enjoyed The Girls and will be interested to see what novels she releases next. My DNFing is more down to the realisation that short stories don’t tend to be an enjoyable experience for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Homophobic slur used in the first story: What can you do with a general. (Specific page reference: 13)

melissathejan's review against another edition

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

3.0

I don't usually get into short stories... A lot of the stories were pretty similar in theme/content but Emma Cline's intense writing style kept me interested. "Marion" was my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse

saraoona's review

dark reflective sad 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

kathalura's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

kayleyhyde's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I loved The Girls, so I picked this up when normally I might not, as I'm not mad on short stories. The tone was quite similar to that of The Girls, but I just didn't find anything compelling about most of these stories. I know a lot of people didn't enjoy how the stories leave off, and that didn't bother me, but I just didn't feel they blended particularly well. I know other have enjoyed this a lot, but just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Sexual content