Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

28 reviews

aelinstark's review against another edition

dark medium-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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, and Blood

milohno's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.0

The first half of the book is incredible and the second half is absolutely awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ricochets's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, and War

lola_lab's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Check the trigger warnings, because there are a whole lot of them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

emmaslibrary's review against another edition

dark slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

r0se's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Excrement, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Incest, Sexual content, and Abortion

Minor: Death, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Abortion

schwambibambi's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Ths book was far away from being even remotely enjoyable. The pedophilia and sexism was blatant and disgusting.

The moment Laure's father described his 16-year old daughter boobs and wished, he was a stranger to rape her in her sleep was the last straw. <spoiler/> From a psychological standpoint, this was a disaster too. No human on earth is born with no emotion without enduring trauma. The main character seemed to have his whole life plan ready once he came out of the womb. "Everything he did was planned" my shit. I know not every book has to be realistic, but come on, I expected some realism after no spoiler for fanatsy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Incest

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma