Reviews tagging 'Rape'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

256 reviews

maximauve's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Gore, Self harm, Death, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia, Incest, and Rape

cyndakeel's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Rape, and Child death

Minor: Cultural appropriation

feline_spo0ky's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

3.75

Quite the ride was had here. I struggled with some passages where I had to reread to understand but I think I was reading too fast at times. I enjoyed the book, the horror movie easter eggs and Jade's ultimate transformation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Abortion

gstamps's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Sexual assault, and Rape

horror, indigenous, slasher, supernatural

genevakelly's review

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

sareebeth's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, and Rape

charsometimes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

thisbookisbananas's review against another edition

I understand why people love this book. The writing style is very compelling however, this is an absolute DNF for me. I went into this blind, but I’m 90% sure this is heading toward a plot line I can’t and won’t expose my eyeballs to. Rather than peeling the band-aid to see the scab underneath, I’m putting this book down. Trauma on trauma on trauma. My heart breaks for Jade Daniels. Her own personal story might be the real horror plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Sexual assault of a minor

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit