Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

10 reviews

slimygf's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Incest, and Pedophilia

tey_lynn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Child death

cathgotaknife's review

dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Stalking, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

theghostly's review

I was excited to read this because I was expecting an atmospheric and mysterious story but instead it came across as an overly edgy fan fiction written by some teenage girl who thinks a tall guy forcing himself on a “smol bean uwu” is the hottest thing ever. Very much not for me but i’m happy for anyone that did enjoy it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Incest, and Violence

aardwyrm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

Pure dark chocolate in unsafe proportions, lovingly rendered villain protagonists full of weird, macabre nonsense and loads of gothic vibes. Skillfully rendered, 100% atmosphere by volume, self indulgent and exquisitely so. Anyway there's weird magic and a lotta murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Medical content, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content

witchycowboy's review against another edition

dark 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

This is a nasty book, with nasty people doing nasty things. 
If you can get your hands on the audiobook I highly rec it. As it really just made this book so much better! 
This is a dark fantasy horror that follows two men that fancy themselves as monsters. Florian is a wizard with a heart full of hate for the people around him and Johann is the unkillable beast that serves him. 
I love this book so much, it has everything that I love. Nasty main characters, gothic fantasy themes, LGBTQ+ characters, and lastly ... Lots and lots of gore, body horror, and lust. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Incest, and Death

rotfaced's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book inspired me to start writing again. My only complaint is that it is too short. The prose is beautiful, tightly written, and full of detail which makes rereading fun. I read this book twice, each time in one sitting; Many of my friends were able to do the same. If I were not currently lending it out to my friends, I would likely be reading it again. 

This book has incredibly dark overtones and sets the scene with a (TW) sexual assault, which is obvious if not terribly explicit. The gore is spelled out in detail. The main characters are well-personified bastards, obviously meant to be read as villains, and their relationship-- central to the plot and to the pacing-- is filthy and treacherous. This is not a light read, nor is it meant to make you feel good. You are getting right what it says on the tin, but I loved every moment of it. 

On Johann and Florian's relationship:

Disclosure: I am a bisexual man. I want more mlm content like this. This book is explicitly gay in its framing of the relationship between Johann and Florian (sexually/physically, if not always romantically). I want more awful, terrible men who are also queer. Reading this book destroyed my standards. I had given up on trying to find compelling queer men in rich fictional settings where the narrative isn't ABOUT being queer, and this book got my hopes up again. I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, nor do I expect it to be, but it is something I wish we had the option to read more often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, and Child death

Terminal Illness: Plague is a major theme in the book. Symptoms are described in visceral detail. Incest:

The incest is implied between the twin siblings, but not confirmed, with no explicit action that could be read as romantic instead of overly familial. It did not trigger me, someone who is triggered by incest, but I was wary of it and can understand peoples reservations.

madarauchiha's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

 ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜  my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️

Ohhh I tried. It's so edgy I could cut myself on it. Take that away and you get a very tedious novella. Nothing special, I recommend you save your time and read something else.

content warnings [incomplete, I was skimming]
minor blood,

major child abuse, violence, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, and Violence

Minor: Blood

emory's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content and Pedophilia

mar's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

the main characters and the relationship between them was pretty fascinating and compelling up until the scenes with kinda dubious consent vibes that made me super uncomfortable. I liked how atmospheric and vivid the writing was but GOD the constant extremely graphic violence and gore was uhh a bit Too Much for me, and i get that this book revels in being morbid and fucked up but was the implied incest really necessary 😭 probably should've checked the content warnings on this one folks ngl 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Child death, Gun violence, Gore, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Pedophilia, Incest, and Rape