Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

25 reviews

sydapel's review

dark emotional fast-paced

Poetry is one of those genres I don't feel like should be rated, but this was super compelling and easy for a novice like me to reflect on. Gatwood does an excellent job of capturing the latent fear female presenting people constant have of men and their capacity for violence, as well as our culture's fascination with it through the true crime content. Also, I had no idea she was the poet of the "Ode to My Bitch Face", which is a favorite of mine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

abmochapman's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

wow. olivia gatwood so skillfully connects her early experiences, our modern-day obsession with true crime, and the fears of women across the board. throughout her collection of poems, she gives gentle but firm notice to the role race plays in real women’s outcomes. and with grace, she dances around how simultaneously rational and irrational women’s fears can often be. I felt both held and challenged by the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse

bridgetmnelson's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

shannonstewart's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexism

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest, Eating disorder, and Racism

lucyisabella's review

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I truly enjoyed the raw emotion of this book because I believe that sometimes people just need their pain acknowledged in a way that isn’t sugar coated. I can see how someone with similar lived experiences would feel seen after reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

siriface's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

snowiceblackfruit77's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Rape, Body horror, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder

yelenacherepanova's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault