Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Hêtre pourpre by Kim de l'Horizon

39 reviews

alienna's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

menschenliebe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

You are in for a ride with this one. I was put off by the description of the sex scenes, but pushing through them is well worth it. 

You can tell that a lot went into this and I will certainly re-read this. How it plays with language is absolutely fascinating. I tried to summarize it with a friend and struggled to do it justice! Know I just need someone to read it around me to discuss it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

siebensommer's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

Sie hat mich gemacht, damit jemensch sie bedingungslos liebt. Und wenn sie stirbt, dann sterbe ich auch. Ich musste Meer am Leben halten mit meinem winzigen Leben.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Abortion, and Child death

Minor: Misogyny, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Classism, Eating disorder, and Gore

violetends's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Homophobia, Dementia, Racism, Sexual content, Death, and Grief

lokes's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Outing, Rape, Sexism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Vomit, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Stalking, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Gore, Grief, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, and Racism

len_schaller's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism and Racism

jule_m's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

lihim30's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

tab9's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense slow-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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Dementia

Moderate: Blood and Abortion

Minor: Infertility, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Excrement, and Physical abuse

grumpypants's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

Dieses Buch ist sehr anders, als alles was ich sonst so lese. Ich habe deshalb das Gefühl ich bin nicht besonders qualifiziert für eine Bewertung aber mir hat das Buch gefallen.
In vielen Gedanken von Kim de l'Horizon habe ich mich wiedergefunden - zur Familie, zum Berndeutschen (welches auch meine Meersprache ist), zu Sexualität, zum Klassismus nennt man das wohl. Das war sehr interessant. Das Buch war für mich zugänglicher als gedacht und hat mich sehr zum Nachdenken angeregt.
Ausserdem finde ich die Sprache des Buchs sehr ansprechend.

Der Mini-Sterne-Abzug ist sehr persönlich, ein paar wenige Szenen (besonders eine Sexszene) waren für mich etwas zu heftig und ich habe keine riesige Lust, sie noch ein zweites Mal zu lesen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Sexual content, and Dementia