Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Closer by Dennis Cooper

5 reviews

egle_va's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Excrement, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

hick's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Excrement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

lady_oracle's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Excrement, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

unfilteredlets's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.5

disturbing, plotless trauma p*rn. feels like i’ve stumbled onto something meant to be enjoyed by deranged people. cute cover, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Excrement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Vomit

mallratsemiannual's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was insane, and not in a good or fun way. Felt like a car crash I couldn't look away from. Needed to take multiple breaks because some passages were genuinely nauseating. I'm sure there is an audience for this out there, but it is absolutely NOT me. The writing was well done, I just wish the writing was about literally anything else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Excrement

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Grief, Incest, and Terminal illness

Do not underestimate the excrement content warning. One of the characters

has a scat consumption fetish, that comes up MULTIPLE times, in graphic detail.