Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

211 reviews

emmablue's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

tofunmi_xo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I liked this book and the prose is beautiful, but I only rated it 4 stars because it lost the gothic atmosphere and energy towards the end and the end ended u being a letdown in general. Overall great writing, characters/character development, plot, and retelling. The writing does a great job of immersing the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

kennedyno's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I wasn’t expecting to like this book so much considering I DNF’d the authors first novel, but I really connected to this one. This book does not hold any punches, it takes awhile to get to anything particularly horrifying, but the build up is necessary to feel the impact of the terrible things that happen next. Every detail of this story pulled me in and the way the narrator changes as her perspective does is wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Alcoholism

ann99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Gore, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Antisemitism, and Toxic relationship

meat_muffin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

2.75

Listen, this book was… weird. And not my usual style at all! I’m glad I read it, enjoyed the writing style, but it wrapped up leaving me more confused than anything else and not filling in all of the plot holes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Alcohol

hannahholmgren's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Pedophilia, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content and Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

meghan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Eating disorder

coffeepotoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

i've never fucking felt so goddamn seen by a characters (very mentally ill) thought process before. also wonderful usage of theming and prose and i read it all in one sitting and it was very excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexism, Death, Body shaming, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, and Torture

currantcat's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is deeply embedded in the world of fairy tales, the dark ones that preceded the sanitized versions we learned as children. I liked the main character's comments on fairy tale "rules" and how the narrative ends up confirming or twisting them. The prose was probably one of my favorite parts of the book. Marlinchen, our narrator and point of view character was compelling, though a little frustrating at times. Though she was not nearly as infuriating as many other characters. There are heavy themes of abuse explored in this book, along with other things that may be disturbing to some readers. Check trigger warnings. Personally, the book being a horror did elicit a disturbed feeling from me while reading. So, if you want a fantasy horror that unnerves you slowly, this is it. Also, it is a fair bit hornier than I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Body horror

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, and Xenophobia

glass_carousel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Death, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Adult/minor relationship