Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

50 reviews

ann17young's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It’s weird, wonderful, and gruesome. The bonds of family and blood are blur under the light of a freak show where normal and weird are just words used by those who fear what is different. I have not been so captivated by a book in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Alcohol

badgersaurus's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Read this if you want to fuck up your whole entire week god damn. I want to peel my skin off. This is a compliment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Abortion, Self harm, Body horror, Incest, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Stalking, Ableism, Murder, Animal death, and Rape

why is there no option for necrophilia on here … anyway that happens too

pseudolain's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Gore, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical content, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Dementia, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

katelynalice's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Okay low-key I hated this book I'm just nosy and needed to finish it. At first I felt bad for Oly but then I was like "What the fuck are you doing Oly". Boy Howdy if you like fucked up family drama then be my guest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Excrement, Drug abuse, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cursing, Violence, Incest, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Murder, Suicide, Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

eilidhmcq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-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

3.5

Really rich prose and storytelling, just not the story for me. Found it to be quite disturbing at times and hard to enjoy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

tamareadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Gore

Moderate: Incest

grora's review

dark mysterious sad 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

Finished this in the first few days of 2024 I thought it would ruin everything else I would read for the rest of the year cause it wouldn't hit as good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Medical trauma

Moderate: Incest

gondorgirl's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Confinement, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Vomit, Ableism, Alcohol, Murder, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Abortion, Excrement, Gun violence, and Miscarriage

hoosgracie's review

challenging dark sad medium-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

3.5

 Disturbingly fascinating read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Addiction

riverleafing's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Violence