Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

20 reviews

natked's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

A contemporary collection of feminist poetry mostly dealing with violence and crimes against women, growing up as a girl and love.
As with all types of anthologies it was a mixed bag in terms of quality but some of these were truly brilliant. I'd love to read a longer format by the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Misogyny

vanesst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

sarahrosea's review

dark reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

viacrow's review

challenging dark fast-paced

5.0

olivia manages to encapsulate every fear and desire and insecurity and experience i’ve ever had and turn it into art. this body of work makes me feel safe in a world where i am not 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexism

j4cq's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

started precise and loosened up near the end. the writing was great, beautiful, but the contents of the poems are not for the light hearted. absolutely horrible, made me sick to my stomach. 

please read the trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Murder, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Minor: Stalking

annawlsnn's review

dark emotional sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

sammies_shelf's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

augustinecarmichael's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

i think it’s written very well, and the subject matter is interesting, it’s just that it hits too close to home, and i am the wrong type of reader for it. i don’t like books that remind me to be scared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Domestic abuse

jainnyreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.5

I can see why people love this collection, but I honestly got about a quarter of the way through and hate-read it until the end. The only poem I genuinely enjoyed was “Ode to My Bitch Face,” which is what brought it up that extra .5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sonofjorgen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder