Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

45 reviews

drjoeby's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

FUCK!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Child death, Death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

wrath_of_grapes's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

The sexual assault involves a child and remains a reoccurring theme throughout the book; the act itself is not too explicit, is briefly mentioned, and is well-handled.

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

I really wanted to love this book and was expecting to after reading the prologue. But it was so slow to get to the actual slashing and even that had almost no tension or urgency. It felt like it just happened like a passing breeze. The writing style also didn’t click with me. There were times where I was utterly confused on how a conclusion was drawn or how a scene played out, and it left me with so many unanswered questions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, and Vomit

tanookihans's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

ridleyreadsthings's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was such a beautiful, bleak and disturbing novel and I ate up every minute of it. Everyone is calling it a "love letter to slashers," but that's exactly what it was. Every horror reference or trivia fact had me smiling amd geeking out so much and this is a book I've waited to long for it. Its intense, bloody and mysterious. Is our MC watching a real life slasher film play out in her small town? Or is it all in her head? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

sigynmoon's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

sobbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

lilsticker's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Suicide, Self harm, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Incest, and Pedophilia

nikogatts's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Blood, Murder, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Incest, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

magellen's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It's wonderful to read a book that feels like an author hitting all their marks-the pacing, the gore, the dread 👍👍

There are echoes of similar themes, similar pacing and plot markers, similar gore to The Only Good Indians BUT IN THE BEST WAY. Especially with this book being about the Slasher formula. For me its enjoyable to see signature traits of an author's style popping up again. Especially when they come in a beautifully written gore extravaganza.

Great great book and I can't wait for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

lou_o_donnell's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death