Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

50 reviews

aparker89's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a solid book! A fascinating story full of terror, love, heartbreak and most importantly- the evil of mankind! 
Good f&cking book! Definitely not for the faint of heart but damn- my heart hurts after reading this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Classism, Genocide, Medical trauma, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Torture, Confinement, Gore, Police brutality, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

kaywhiteley's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.0

I agree with some that a lot of the message of this book was told outright, rather than simply shown through the story. However, I did love this book. It was creepy and disturbing and the concept was rather unique. I will say, it took me a while to fully become immersed in the writing style, but by the end I couldn't stop reading until I finished. And jesus that ending...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Islamophobia

dreamofbookspines's review

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

EXTREMELY scary. The phrase "banality of evil" kept coming to mind. Sometimes the tone or phrasing was odd but that may be a translation artifact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

maddie1280's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I will forever be scarred. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Blood, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Self harm

orange_chocolate's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Sexual assault, Sexism, and Suicide

quazimodo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.75

Te veel tepels. Taalgebruik van de tieners is erg grof.

Wat was dat einde, man? Ik had dit misschien niet moeten lezen voor het slapengaan...

Boek bevat een redelijke lijst aan trigger warnings, zoek ze op voor je gaat lezen, alsjeblieft?

Een interessant boek maar het was gewoon denk ik niet voor mij. Blij dat ik het heb gelezen maar ik heb nu een lichter boek nodig haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide, Animal death, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm and Excrement

_sappho_wannabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

the most disturbing book i’ve ever and might ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Self harm, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

erinxmegan's review against another edition

Poorly written and boring. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Homophobia

ravensalwaysreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

Up until the last chapter every character made me think "wow, you can really tell this was written in 2012 by a guy- the bigotry did not age well" and then the ending happened and made everything make sense and I was so pleased while simultaneously being horrified. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Torture, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Antisemitism, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Sexism