Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Southern Gothic - Das Grauen wohnt nebenan by Grady Hendrix

1153 reviews

jenn_amanda's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Addiction, Misogyny, Murder, Child death, Gore, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, and Suicide

lovesagespages's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Rape

elpis_psyche's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

mmelibertine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This took a while to get going - about 11 chapters, for me - but then it picks up steam and never slows down. I was riveted. 

I appreciate the care shown to the intersections of marginalizations. It bluntly shows how white supremacy damages everyone to varying degrees, even those who uphold it, and how thoughtlessly it's upheld by those of us who benefit from it. It never punches down at the marginalized trying to survive under the bootheel of white supremacy, and it doesn't excuse or let off easily those acting within it, even the well intentioned or ignorant. 

And it's a damn fine horror story, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Body horror, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Blood

kaila_bergmann's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse

fiona_farrell's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, Rape, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

nothoughts_mt's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

Like some other reviews I was expecting a vampire hunting book closer to buffy, and was disappointed. The vampire lore wasn't there for me, and I skipped an entire section because,

there was a graphic rape scene according to other reviews (lucky for me I just happened to look up a summary because the third act was slow to me)

. It's a good book by its own merits, but I just wasn't in the mood for something that dark at the end, hopefully a 3.25 reflects that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Rape

Moderate: Physical abuse and Drug abuse

jillian_b5674's review against another edition

dark funny slow-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

4.0

Delightfully creepy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

lilly_dav_reading's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Wild and full of triggers but well written, unique, fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

hpreston's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.25

I had high expectations and it just fell flat. The first 1/3 of the book I loved. The middle 1/3 seemed to be irrelevant. Blue being obsessed with the Nazis seem to never play a part in the plot.

The rape that took place at the end seemed very unnecessary and off putting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape