Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

9 reviews

amandalachelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Blood, Misogyny, Death, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

dwdillydally's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Racism, and Child abuse

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

notthatkat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racism, Classism, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Child death, and Sexual content

caseface81's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

A great read. I went into this story with zero context other than the fact that it was creepy, and that was all I needed.

First half had a southern gothic vibe that I could not get enough of, and the second half had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Definitely enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Violence

Minor: Child death

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Slavery, Gore, Racism, Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, and Cursing

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Cursing, Child death, Alcohol, and Confinement

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child death, Death, Transphobia, Sexism, Blood, Cursing, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mgresart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring 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: Grief, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Minor: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia