Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

42 reviews

earsore's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.5

Not sure if this was an allegory that flew over my head or just a total exercise in shock value, but either way it was... uh... something I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Racial slurs

walsmo's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

Uncomfortable, gross, overtly sexual in an awful way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Violence

rhiandroid_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Torture

abbie_reads_horror's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Please check all the trigger warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Abortion, Animal death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

buzzard's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Excrement, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Abortion

ballepai14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Murder, Blood, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Rape, Miscarriage, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

yennifer's review against another edition

challenging dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Animal death, Gore, Sexual assault, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

akeila91's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

The good points of this book is the author is clearly an amazing writer, the book is so well written. The main reason I finished this book was because of how well written it was. It delivers what it says it’s going to. It makes you uncomfortable, anything “dark” you think you’ve read before it completely obliterates. 

The bad points is I think the story and character development fell short for me. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, bar a marginal pang of sympathy for his torturous life. But that didn’t grip me enough to become emotionally invested. The only character I felt any kind of draw to was dog. I feel like had the gore and disgust been turned down just a touch and the story and characters developed a little further, this could have been a 5 star read for me. But I understand what the author was trying to do. Anyone wanting to read please heed the TW’s as there is some very serious shit in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

whitelaceandstrange's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I only picked up this book because I am not easily bothered by books. Reading it was not pleasant and made me feel physically ill. I forced myself to finish it and now am bothered whenever I see a cow. It is original and I've never read anything like it though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

don't read this lol

dromedaryreader's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.0

As disgusting as promised. Hated reading every minute but couldn't look away for a second. Disappointed that I might never find another book that does quite what this one does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Incest and Fatphobia