Reviews tagging 'Death'

Three Days in the Pink Tower by EV Knight

6 reviews

mandi_lea's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

opheliasviolence's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

"There is power here. Men call women whores because they fear them, because they fear the power they hold between their legs and secrets of creation within their cells. Take the moniker, if you must, but do not fear."

This is an incredibly powerful story based on the author's real life kidnapping and assault. In it, the author takes control of her own story. The author becomes the creator, representing The Universe in tarot. I love that she took her power back. 

 This novella was difficult to get through. There are graphic details of SA that the author doesn't shy away from. This made me feel physically sick at some points. 
Given the graphic nature of the story, I can't recommend this to everyone. Check trigger warnings and make sure you're mentally prepared if you decide to read this. 

While I can't say this was an enjoyable read, I can say that it had a powerful message. 

I hope that writing this story helped the author heal from the trauma of the past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse

archaicrobin's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was a hard book to get through and so is also a hard book to review. It’s such a powerful novella that I can’t imagine giving it anything less than 5 stars but this also isn’t necessarily something you enjoy reading. I will be thinking about this for days, the writing, the emotions, the look at what one person had to endure to survive, and how you make your story your own. Be aware of the triggers before reading this (kidnapping, torture, rape) but if you can, I would recommend Three Days in the Pink Tower, it’s a superb feminist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

night_shift's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Goddamn, that was rough. Deff check out the trigger warnings for this one. I gotta say though, the intro should've been an afterword.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Confinement

Minor: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, and Homophobia

cait's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Blood, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

serenity_'s review

5.0

From the very beginning of the book, E. V. Knight sets a tone of eeriness and dread. This book, set over the course of four days, depicts Josey's kidnapping and her time held hostage. During this time, Josey looks to her most recent tarot reading to understand and take control of her situation and her life.

Probably in part because this is a work of speculative auto-fiction, the horror elements were very visceral. While I did read it all in one day, I had to take some breaks while reading because of this.

This is an amazing novella that is able to skillfully depict things from teenage friend dynamics to what it means to be a survivor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse