Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

130 reviews

page_28's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Super weird and fun. Pretty quick read. Great rep of queer community. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Vomit

readsandsuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This was fun, but not as exciting as it’s made out to be. It’s more of a comical unpacking of reality television than a lesbian horror romcom. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Racism and Abortion

gruhuken's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

I really love this kind of horror. I had a lot of fun reading this; the humour was pretty funny, it had a few really scary moments and the ending was surprisingly sweet. It felt a little too short, I wanted to know way more about the strange main character (what the hell was she even doing on the dating show to begin with??). The second half is where it becomes a slasher but I also felt that went by far too quickly, as if it was trying to get the characters out of the way rather than giving time to breathe within kills. A lot of questions, especially about the members of the island group, went unanswered in a way that didn't satisfy me. Would recommend this though, if not just for a quick, weird and funny queer read about. Found family? And sasquatches.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Abortion

Strong descriptions of violence, body mutilation and murder committed by a sasquatch creature. A character is grieving the death of her wife from cancer (this is mentioned in the beginning of the book). Some minor misogyny and racism towards the main character from a shitty guy, and some mild homophobia from a religious character. One mention of the D slur. Another character is mentioned multiple times to have alcohol problems. The main warning I would give is the gore: although the book retains a playful and comedic tone, there's a lot of dismemberment and bludgeoning

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Biphobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, and Outing

llyfrauginger's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

synastrii's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

zarap's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Tl;dr: Definitely glad I read it, probably won't reread it, am eager to see what Samantha Allen writes next.

This was a deeply weird book (and I love deeply weird books). I feel like the first half could've been shorter, and/or maybe the second half longer? Room for pacing improvement anyway, but I really enjoyed it overall.

I liked that all the contestants are complicated and at least a little problematic, but that Casey is also problematic in her broad-strokes, cynical criticism of the contestants as a whole.

The characters could have been a little more fleshed out generally in my opinion, but having just read books by Ann Leckie and Martha Wells and having Libba Bray in mind - all of whom have written several to a bunch of novels, whereas this is the author's debut novel - I am perhaps comparing unfairly, if unavoidably. (Libba Bray because this book immediately made me think of Beauty Queens.) 

Also, I love to read a horror book where the only character from the main group who survives is the Black bisexual woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Car accident

notsogabbygabby's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

behindpaperbacks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion