Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

5 reviews

heyitslizb's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Addiction, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

enyltiak's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I was so entranced by this book that I read it in one day. Beautiful and tragic and hits way too close to home, but it was phenomenal. It's very lyrical and character driven, and I'm sure it's not everyone's cup of tea (heed trigger warnings!) but it certainly left an impact on me. I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cursing, Infertility, Addiction, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Abortion, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

bunnyreads2's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

I listened to the audiobook but this version had music with it, which wasn’t bad but I’m not used to it and it felt a bit weird, distracting. 
I think I liked the story and characters overall but I struggled to get enthralled by it. Maybe things IRL got too close to this “what if” scenario for me to be like “wow imagine though!!”… I’d put this book in my TBR a few years ago, and it felt weird to get to it now. But still a good work overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

npavitt's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

1.75

The premise of the book is really interesting and the writing style was interesting. As a woman, nothing the characters were feeling was really surprising but I imagine it would be insightful for a male reader. I feel like a lot more could be done with the ideas of abortion being illegal and IVF banned for single mothers and have left feeling neither here nor there with it. At a time when these issues are so widely discussed and (somehow!) continue to be debated it didn't feel like it gave me a drive to fight which I was expecting to feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Abortion, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

gloriazthompson's review

Too graphic, crude, sexual. Not my type of book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing