Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild

22 reviews

redistributionofmatter's review

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Death

Minor: Homophobia

slmellen's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, and Death

sega_genesis31's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective 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

I have never read anything like this nor do I think I will ever read anything like this again. The writing, the plot, the characters and their development, are all incredibly planned out and impeccably portrayed. Sascha Rothchild has written a book so clever, so intriguing and intellectual but also so precarious and multi dimensional, it is unparalleled. 

"Blood Sugar" is nothing short of profound and extraordinary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Deportation, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

m_sesoko's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Cursing and Bullying

eegonzalez1113's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

meowkira's review

I rarely give up on books but this one started okay and quickly became over the top and gross. The writing was not good enough to justify the weird sexualization of kids and very poorly conceived characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

vickisharp19's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Murder, and Child death

courtneycanread's review

dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

thebookishlass's review

dark mysterious tense

• 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

4.5

A really enjoyable read.  I loved the premise, which makes it different from many others in the genre. Rothchild does a great job of threading the needle of making Ruby a villain, without falling into the "therapists behaving badly" trope. Despite being a murderer, I couldn't help but to root for Ruby to clear her name of the one murder she didn't actually commit.  This is a perfect summertime read!   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Murder