Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Povere Creature! by Alasdair Gray

19 reviews

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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What keeps me from giving it 5 stars is that I fear the author did not intend what I got out of it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

issyd23's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Insane last chapter: Gray deconstructs & satirises not just the novel but class, love & objectivity in storytelling/history. Keen to see how the film compares! 3🧠 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Classism

lost_in_stereo's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 52%

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I knew the subject matter in this book going in and knew it was unlikely that I would finish. This was a book my book club chose and I struggled with the content the entire time. The objectification of a child’s mind was not something I could get past. I understand that being uncomfortable is part of the point of this story but for me, I understand the point being made and I don’t care to read about the over sexualization and  infantilization of a woman

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

leyma_01's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Suicide attempt

dyilmaz090's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Medical content, Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

rohrbaugh82's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide

Minor: Abortion

helenstratton's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think this book has reignited a love of literature I had misplaced for over a decade.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Classism

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I enjoyed this one. It's a dry sort of comedy - more of a snort and chuckle vs. laugh out loud variety. It's full of fictional footnotes, which leaves you sort of distracted - but the footnotes are also helpful context for a lot of the book because a lot of the details is to be found there. Overall, this was different but compelling. A reworking of Frankenstein that doubles down on the question of who, in fact, is the monster in that story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Medical content

readdanoread's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation