Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Kink: Stories by Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon

7 reviews

sakisreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

I really wanted to like this short story collection more than I did 🥲 Unfortunately I wasn’t gripped. However, I have highlighted the ones I did like below:

‘Oh, Youth’ got me in my feelings 🥺 I can imagine it’s hard to navigate a three person relationship, especially when with one of the members it’s meant to be strictly transactional…

‘Mirror, Mirror’ was quite fun. There was a lot of excitement from the get go, which I really got into ✨

‘The Voyeurs’ was probably my favourite. Although harrowing in some aspects,

what with Mr. Harris being a transphobic prick 😫,

I felt real intimacy and love between Belèn and Omar ❤️ I wanted to give them both big hugs!

2.5 out of 5 stars for me on this one ✨ Content warnings also posted below.

Thank you 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Blood

al_owl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Transphobia, Rape, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Dysphoria, and Adult/minor relationship

thebookishnerd_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

I was really underwhelmed by a lot of these stories. They tended to drag and I felt myself skimming the pages at points. There were certain stories that I loved, which is why this book is a 2.5 but the good ones were few and far between. Also, I'm all for kink but when one story had a surprise incest plot... No, thank you. I'm glad this book has introduced me to more authors to check out and read their works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Incest, and Sexual assault

kairhone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

mxbenjaminrose's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Dysphoria, Grief, Transphobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia

azariamckay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.25

Kink is an anthology and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I over its take on desire, sex, queer and trans love, and shameless sex. There were stories I wished were longer and stories I could’ve done without. I would preface this book with a couple trigger warnings: r*pe, s*xual assault, and transphobia. The stories get a little rocky at times and I don’t remember a single story ending on a happy note, which isn’t a bad thing for me, I tend to lean toward depressing reads. The compilation of writers for this novel was amazing and the styles of writing differed in the most interesting ways. Each story felt like it’s own but there felt like a common thread that grounded them all. I would reread a few of these stories in the future for sure! I’m interested in coming back to it later to examine how it ages and how I’ve changed with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

esmedpk's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia