Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

25 reviews

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Grief, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Physical abuse

oolymee's review against another edition

3.5

There are lot of things I really loved about this book. It is an excellent, eerie, and unsettling retelling of Jekyll & Hyde. Also it's sapphic. And the enemies-to-lovers is brilliant. The descriptions of rage are gritty and feel very tangible if that makes sense. 

The downside to this book is that there were a few ends that just weren't quite tied up in the ending. While I did enjoy the ending, I wish the ending had been just a bit longer with a heavier focus on where the characters go next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

jaedyn's review against another edition

The writing felt forced and I couldn’t bring myself to care enough about the characters. After 134 pages, I had definitely read more than I should have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Blood

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

 The Details:
 Narrated by Farrah Cave and Beth Easdown
Unabridged 

Absolutely adored Every Exquisite Thing, so was excited to see that Steven's debut was available through my library app.

This is a sapphic, modern gothic retelling of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
I'm not sure if it wad the share name of Lottie combined with the sapphic grumpy x sunshine, but it at first had a wholesome likness to The Rosewood Chronicles. It also reminded me of Claire and Elise from The Coldest Touch.

This was such a good story! 
I definitely see improvements in storytelling and writing style in the delivery of the modern gothic/dark academia genre, going back to this after reading Every Exquisite Thing, but it wasn't off putting.

The conversations did feel a little more juvenile than I'd expected but it was easily overlooked once I connected to the characters and got really invested in the story.

This inspiration of the classic has made me appreciate the themes of mental health that the original introduces.

I hope there are more in to come from these retellings, as I see these as becoming very beloved.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Murder, Sexual content, Bullying, Child death, Toxic relationship, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

of_fantasy_and_fibre's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved the two main characters and how they wrapped up and packaged their anger. This is a strong theme in this book and the way the world labels women and their anger. The grump /sunshine plot in this worked well not because they made each other better but how they came together to give an overall balance to each challenge they faced. This overall was a hopeful story in how to give us the will to turn that anger we feel into motivation to arm ourselves and not let it turn into self hatred. As an angry girl who has somewhat been given the tool to realise it's passion and caring at the heart of my anger I invite you to take the little trip into this world and hopefully find what your anger is rooted in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Bullying, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual assault

jazzyjbox's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

A thrilling paranormal mystery about feminine rage. 

Lottie is obsessed with the 4 murders that happened at the university 10 years ago. When the school re-opens, she applies, determined to solve the case. Alice is angry at everything, including her sunshine roommate Lottie. When strange things start happening to them both, they have to team up to get to the bottom of it, before someone else dies. 

The thing I loved most about this was the pure rage Alice feels, especially about the oppression of women, relegating their anger to madness over the years. Through its supernatural lens, it shows the injustice of it all. Also loved the asexual (demi?) rep in Lottie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

visorforavisor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is so good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Gore

Minor: Sexual assault

reina_shouko's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Self harm, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Physical abuse

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide and Self harm

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault