Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Nefando by Mónica Ojeda

8 reviews

steph_phanie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Excrement, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Incest, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Animal death, and Child abuse

hannahglass's review against another edition

Blahhhhhh. I see what the author is going for, but this is less horror and more abuse/torture porn. Pass :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, Rape, Incest, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Body horror, and Adult/minor relationship

ryanwhitley's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I feel bamboozled. This book was not really what it was advertised to be in the synopsis. That synopsis sounded great; what I read was not. And, at the risk of sounding prudish, it was pretty disgusting. This may be up your alley if you’re in to a lot of taboo/boundary breaking and not really into plot or character development, or indeed, a narrative thread that can be followed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, Gore, Torture, Sexual assault, and Rape

seaweed657's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Incest, Dysphoria, Self harm, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Rape, Body horror, Excrement, Sexual violence, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

parap's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Physical abuse and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use and Islamophobia

booksybookbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Dysphoria

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Confinement, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Excrement and Mental illness

danidamico's review against another edition

1.0

No me gustó para nada. El terror que está hecho solo para shockear me parece aburrido, flojo e innecesario. En ningún momento sentí que hubiera una verdadera historia, algún tipo de profundidad o contenido más allá del horror en sí, de las ganas de repugnar al lector. Si vas a escribir sobre pedofilia más vale que esté justificado, que sea totalmente indispensable para el relato, como sucede por ejemplo en The Bluest Eye de Toni Morrison. Ojeda utiliza la pedofilia solamente para escandalizar, describiendo todo de manera tan asquerosamente gráfica que casi parece volverse una apología o un material pornográfico.

Las historias que se entrecruzan a lo largo de la novela nunca llegan a nada, nunca culminan ni se complementan, simplemente asistimos a una seguidilla interminable de violaciones, agresiones y abusos sexuales, escenas super detalladas de pedofilia, abuso intrafamiliar, automutilaciones, fantasías sexuales repugnantes. Y lo peor es que no sirven para nada, no generan ningún sentido de totalidad al terminar la novela, ni siquiera es como "El niño proletario" de Osvaldo Lamborghini: un cuento horroroso que sí tiene un propósito, una eficacia, una razón de ser.

Si hubiera sabido lo innecesariamente explícito que es el libro nunca lo hubiera escogido y si no fuera para el club de lectura definitivamente lo hubiera dejado sin terminar.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence