Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Carmilla and Laura by S.D. Simper

6 reviews

wordwilderness's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Includes mention of forced marriage to rapist (past)

wrenny03's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the story and characters I really did but I can't get past the americanisms 😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Rape, and Blood

smartie_chan's review against another edition

dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia and Blood

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Murder

lucabruck's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

alexfromistemor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm not sure why I was surprised at how short this was, given the length of the original, but still I was thrown off. Not dissuaded, however, far from it. I loved this. Simper's text is true to the prose and language style of the era, and of the original story itself, but definitely adds a sense of beauty and love, and more importantly, a sense of agency and choice on the part of Laura, particularly at the end. And I love her added bookends of the prologue and epilogue. This was romantic and sweet and even hit me in the feels. Great book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Gore

henrygravesprince's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage