Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Three Days in the Pink Tower by EV Knight

9 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

reveriee's review

dark sad tense fast-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? No

3.5

This book is a retelling of a traumatic, life-altering event of EV Knight’s teenage self. I commend her for reliving these horrific days and taking back her story in the form of this heartbreaking novella. The way the author describes Josey’s trauma response is hard to follow at times, but I imagine this lack of clarity is a reflection of dissociation. Tarot cards and a shift in spirituality is a minor focus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

ardnaswilliams's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

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

bookiesncreme's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Infidelity, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent

hjerteknuser's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child abuse

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