Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

17 reviews

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Confinement, Murder, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Blood

sarah984's review against another edition

dark informative reflective 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

I really liked this book - the history is interesting and the characters are well drawn. I didn't think the horror was that scary and a few parts were a bit silly to me but overall this is a great story about family, revenge, and the meaning of forgiveness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Grief, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, Child death, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Misogyny

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

I am a little disappointed with this book. I was really looking forward to it, but it didn't live up to my expectations. That being said, I still think it's a good read. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator does a very good job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

emzhay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

Women!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Child abuse, Animal death, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Dysphoria, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Deadnaming, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Racism, and Transphobia

displacedcactus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

The first half of this book grabbed me by the throat and wouldn't let go. I had to know what was in Adelaide's trunk (I had an inkling), how long she would be able to keep her secrets, and what would happen when those secrets eventually got out. The second half was a little less compelling but no less enjoyable, as different plot elements weave their way towards a dramatic conclusion.

Adelaide is a complicated main character. I found her loveable, as I relate to characters with a certain amount of resentment towards their family, and I admired her independence. Other people may find her a little less likeable, but I hope readers will generally enjoy her complexity.

Although this is primarily Adelaide's story, there's a few other characters who take turns in the POV seat (the story shifts from third-person limited towards a more omniscient third-person narrator in a way that feels reminiscent of storytelling). I really enjoyed a peak at the lives of the different sort of people who might have homesteaded in Montana in the early 20th century; what brought them to such an isolated place, and what they were willing to do to create a life of their own.

This book straddles the line between dark historic fantasy and horror. If you're not usually a horror reader but are intrigued by the premise or setting of this book, take a look at the content warnings. I didn't find it especially scary, personally. I'd say it's more on the level of a Gothic in terms of being mysterious and atmospheric, but there is some violence and gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Animal death, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, and Transphobia

fran_buesa's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexual content