Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

3 reviews

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

ktwoolen's review

funny sad slow-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? No

3.0

Parts of this book made me laugh out loud and I resonate with it a lot as a millennial figuring out life right now. 

With that being said, I ended up DNFing this at 60% through, because there are so many characters and the dialogue switches back and forth so much, it became confusing and more of a task than anything. Also, the dialogue is just extremely negative and the relationships are so toxic-with all of that combined, this book just wasn't for me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

dogsbooksandpizza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I enjoyed this book from start to finish: the people were simultaneously awful and lovable based on their vacillating behavior and dubious opinions of themselves and others. Laugh-out-loud satire, and often embarrassingly relatable (as a millenial). I will read anything Butler writes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault