Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Out by Natsuo Kirino

87 reviews

kotohira's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

I'm left with a lot to think about. 
It is thrilling and exciting for 400 pages but then gets a bit... Odd. To me at least. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

lilly_koonce's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

All the characters in this book are terrible people, but despite this, I found the book engaging up until the end, which was bizarre. Also, I'd really like an explanation for why all the male characters we get are misogynistic, ageist (towards women specifically), and pedophiles who all somehow have a thing for 43-year-old Masako.
Tw: Murder, Rape, Sexual Assault, Pedophiles, dismemberment, etc)…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Fatphobia, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

jazz03's review

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

I support women’s rights AND wrongs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism

rinnavv's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

emil1499's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

alexjhenry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Murder

giottoblue's review

dark fast-paced

3.25

Maybe the worst ending I have ever read in published fiction, but good up until the last few two chapters. TW for extremely gratuitous rape scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

evaskov's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

really loved the way this book slowly builds to this extreme boiling point in the ending. it takes its time to get there but it truly is like the analogy of the frog and boiling water. the tension rises so slowly that you don’t even notice a change until you think back to where it started. 

for various reasons i didn’t appreciate the very very ending. like the last 10 pages basically. Masakos development takes a turn for the worst and I didn’t like a lot of the implications behind it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Body horror, Misogyny, and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Excrement, and Alcoholism

jan_coco_day's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

When I read Japanese literature, I somehow only pick the most quaint, cozy stories...or the most fucked up shit I've ever seen. This book is the latter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexism

corinnf's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

couldn't put it down, unlike any other crime thriller i've read in awhile. gruesome and bleak but strangely hopeful. wasn't a single character i didn't like (even the bad ones)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Sexual assault