Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

103 reviews

antimony's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

took a little while to get into but the end was CRAZYYY

I knew she would kill liz but was NOT expecting GIDEON oh my god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, and Torture

delaneyanne's review against another edition

dark funny sad 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

3.75

It’s not as much like American Psycho as you might expect based on the blurb, but there are similarities. Maeve’s a lot more…sympathetic (I don’t want to say likeable haha) than Patrick Bateman, but they certainly have more than a few things in common.

I wish it was just a bit longer because it wraps up so fast (like unbelievably fast) and the ending feels unresolved, but I assume that was intentional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Terminal illness

It name checks Patrick Bateman in the description so just bear that in mind. Was American Psycho too much for you? Maybe skip this too. There’s not just sexual content but, like, weird sex stuff and there’s no tag for that so I’m telling you here.

There’s this whole thing with eggs that I don’t know how to explain. Or want to explain. Idk man.

anna_pizzichidilibri's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Murder, and Blood

dykelberg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

The twist with the dolls was unexpected and that was fun, but otherwise a lot of the plot felt like shallow shock value. There wasn't much substance and perhaps I missed it but it felt like there was some social commentary that either didn't actually exist or completely went over my head. Still, it was fun for the most part, but not what I had expected from the praise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

ekw0036's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

There’s much in this book to fuck you up but that ending hurt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug use, Torture, Body horror, Violence, Sexual content, and Blood

ruronisai's review against another edition

dark medium-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Blood

2busyreading's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

runlaurarun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual violence

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

This is probably one of the most depraved and bizarre books I've ever read, which is definitely saying something. I feel like I could've used more background as to how the events that happened in Maeve's life or thoughts she had led her to doing certain actions in the book, because a lot of the actions she did just seemed so off the rails that I couldn't see any human reasoning behind it anymore. It kind of felt like the things she did were just like trying to get a reaction out of the reader rather than being authentic character development. However, this was still overall a really interesting/enjoyable read (though very dark and depraved). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Rape, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

katwoods's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault