Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

163 reviews

intoblossom's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Eating disorder, and Misogyny

gabbybobadilla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

dragongirl271's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Body horror, Fatphobia, Animal death, and Rape

freja's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, and Violence

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

favorites: especially heinous and real women have bodies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Child death

valsometimesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

The writing is overall very good and machado is a talented author. I found the short stories to be very hit or miss. I especially loved “The Husband Stitch,” which is the first in the collection. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Sexual violence

lesserkatie's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

gerose04's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A

3.5

 It’s not my favorite book, but I definitely enjoyed reading a lot of these short stories. Some of them dragged on, but others really kept my attention. In particular I liked The Husband Stitch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia

thundrflap's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexual assault