Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Body Shocks by Kij Johnson, Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Johnstone, Nathan Ballingrud, Brian Evenson, Livia Llewellyn, Lucy Taylor, Kirstyn McDermott, Michael Blumlein, Kaaron Warren, Ellen Datlow, Simon Bestwick, Priya Sharma, Lisa L. Hannett, Gemma Files, Richard Kadrey, Carmen Maria Machado, Alyssa Wong, Cody Goodfellow, Genevieve Valentine, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Christopher Fowler, Tananarive Due, Ray Cluley, Edward Bryant, Pat Cadigan, Seanan McGuire, Cassandra Khaw, Terry Dowling, Angela Slatter

3 reviews

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Incest, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

cursivewolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I didn’t like all of them but the ones I did like, I loved. Such diverse kinds of body horror, some explicit and some creeping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

carrionkid's review against another edition

2.5

This was really mid and maybe only 5 of these stories were any good. Some of them were barely even body horror. Not really worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Incest, Rape, Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Torture