Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura

13 reviews

pkatrinaanne's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

cateycat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

caseyreadslol's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

you know when you're writing an essay last minute so you're winging it without much of a central arguement point but in your post pocrastination delirium you think every minute connection sounds smart. however each passing paragraph becomes a game of telephone with different texts from class you've worked in obscurifying the original assignment prompt. these very texts you scramble to in order to plea to the overworked ta grading that yes you did do the readings and have something so profound to say become all the more proof there was no connection past cursorary glances.

according to mayoclinic, delirium is a serious change in mental abilities. it results in confused thinking and

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Incest

raes_library's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

zenzi2read's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, and Incest

hue's review against another edition

dark

1.0

The multiple POV with no clear view when it changed made an already muddled story even more hard to follow.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

kibernick's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The first third of the book gripped me. The rest was a little messy. Maybe that’s the point. Very transgressive but I didn’t feel it was impactful or added much to the story, guess it’s because when you throw so much at the reader at once, they become desensitized.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Addiction, Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, and Child abuse

ladawson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Addiction, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

graecoltraine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Interesting read, interesting premise. Didn't love the whole "serial killers mentally ill" thing and I don't feel like it'll stick with me as a novel but I enjoyed reading it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault and Ableism