Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Jumalat juhlivat öisin by Donna Tartt

213 reviews

emimcmanis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

romy_elizabeth13's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I was initially expecting to read a really meaningful, deep, emotional, relaxing-(ish) novel when I picked up Donna Tart’s The Secret History. It ended up being one of the most dark, shocking, twisted, intense books I’ve ever read and it was incredible, oh my word. After reading all these tearjerking, emotional books about love and loss and life, it was nice to have something that kept me hanging on the edge of my seat, while still being incredibly intellectual and offering many interesting perspectives on life. Just when I thought the plot twists would stop, they kept coming in an ever flowing stream and I loved that. The characters, while incredibly flawed were really well written and their personalities were delved deep into. 100% worth the read but if you are under 14/very mature 13 year old, I wouldn’t recommend reading this book just yet. Overall really incredible - something tiktok was right about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Vomit, and Classism

grace_b_3's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Panic attacks/disorders

mskingbean69's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

meic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a marvelous read and now Bunny Corcoran is my roman empire, an asshole but I just can’t stop thinking about him 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

piikasmalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

seforaflorian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The Secret History was a very good read. Despite the fact that we knew exactly what the plot was going to be from the beginning, the journey there and the consequences was so well written that I was constantly intrigued. This book was dark and the characters were interesting. It was a surprisingly easy read, though long. I never found myself bored and plan to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Incest and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

gryczalke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

 Jakoś przed połową złapałam stopa ale cieszę się że przebrnęłam, ostatnie 300 stron połknęłam prawie że z wypiekami.

Po pierwsze- świetne tłumaczenie Pana Pawła Witkowskiego, jestem zachwycona, przez pierwsze strony nie mogłam wyjść z podziwu jak to jest wspaniale napisane.

O historii zostało już powiedziane chyba wszystko na całym spektrum. Jest dokładnie to, co najbardziej lubię w powieściach- główny bohater który jest morally grey, chociaż ten momentami miałam wrażenie że jest po prostu durniem, bohaterowie nie są płytcy, z jedną cechą charakterystyczną pchaną przez całą książkę, zakończenie jest zamknięte ale zostawiające furtkę do myślenia nad nim po czasie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

Minor: Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. Annoying before you realize that it's a satire on the author's past experiences and then it becomes insanely enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Islamophobia