Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Leech by Hiron Ennes

40 reviews

jess2obsess's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Suicide, Medical content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

mordshunger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

A re-read I'd forgotten most of.

A cold and deliberate story. Poetic in its heartlessness. 

I see why lots of people would not enjoy this, but it largely seems to be confusion of genre. This is not Sci-Fi, it's horror. It certainly isn't confusing, the MC is just confused. 
But oh my god the abuse! Take the cws seriously.

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Content Warnings

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

madzsmiled's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Ennes’ debut novel is a grotesquely beautiful, apocalyptic saga of disease, human hubris, and reclaiming identity. While it took awhile for me to ground myself in the reality of the story, Ennes unveils the secrets of this world layer by layer, building out the lore with every turn of the page. The more you learn about the Institute and Pseudomycota, the more tangled their reality becomes. Humanity has to survive not only invasive parasites, but its own ego and destruction. Every reveal hits you harder than the last. 

 

Definitely would recommend, but please read the content warnings. This one is a doozie, but oh so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Gore, Death, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Child death, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gore, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

leyfreoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, and Sexual violence

krhanson68's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

Very dark story. Complicated story with convoluted plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

One thing this book did really well was doing the gothic correctly, I've read too many contemporary gothic books (thinking of like 4) that either just recycled tropes with nothing interesting going for it outside of that, or completely missing the mark where gothic is simply the set dressing of a mansion with candelabras but the story itself didn't seem gothic. So this book understood the assignment. At the beginning I thought for sure this would be 5 stars for me, the ending missed the mark a little for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Infertility

whatthesquids's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

50shadesofrae's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

Gothic and weird (complimentary). The first 2/3 feels like a different book from the last 1/3? Somehow both hard science and haunted house logic. It’s a trip.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Self harm, Incest, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Body horror

Moderate: Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

chellyfishing's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Body horror, and Violence