Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

6 reviews

poenaestante's review

dark funny sad fast-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

4.5

This book was weird but a total page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Classism and Infidelity

lilmor's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-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

one of my best friends, a deeply enigmatic middle-aged woman named Aura, emphatically recommended and lent me this book. in retrospect it is exactly the type of thing she would recommend. almost didn’t finish multiple times, powered thru 4 her. experiencing a lot of complex emotions rn; disgust, pity,  tenderness feature prominently. i cannot recommend this book and i cannot give it a star rating. miranda july is a talented writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Violence, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gore, Bullying, Child death, Toxic relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

michaelion's review against another edition

tense fast-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

2.0

Years ago I saw this book in an article that I don't remember the name of, just some list of books to read, don't remember what website either but it was probably some shit like Buzzfeed. If I find what the news source was I swear to the Gods I am NEVER reading an article by them again.

I can't even say it's painfully white more like it's absurdly white. Like I know white people are a different breed but of all the sectors and factons of white folks I've seen I have never encountered this sort of oddity. An absolute strangness. I mean this with the utmost seriousness when I say weirdo behavior.

The writing also isn't all that exciting or riveting. It reads like a debut novel for sure. It didn't grip my attention for very long. The best parts were the gay parts and even those were off.

If you like unreloable narrators (derogatory) and toxic whiteness (EXTREMELY derogatory), this book is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Ableism, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Racism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest

I should disclaim that there's only one antisemitic moment. A character is described a "Jewish looking" instead of, I don't know, describing the character. Also her name is Rachel so double whammy. I also tagged racism because at one point she says Rhodesia and not South African so that's gotta stem from something. Incest is tag because leave it to a friend of Lena Dunham to write a romance between two characters most people perceive as mother and daughter. (I only know she's friends with Lena Dunham because she thanks her in the acknowledgements.)

grannycat's review

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

0.5

Honestly, this book made me feel sick. Take the content warnings seriously - it depicts some very disturbing sexual relationships. One such relationship is between a

man in his late 60s and a 16 year old girl, described in explicit detail and never once portrayed as something harmful. In fact, the young girl seems to exist only as a romantic rival for the older female protagonist.

The protagonist

has detailed sexual fantasies about becoming various men and raping the much younger woman who lives with her. One of these men is the girl’s own father.

All of this is glossed over and just used as character development for the protagonist (who doesn’t develop meaningfully anyway). I really wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone. It has its sweet moments, but most of it is weird and fucked up and not worth anyone’s time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Incest

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, and Antisemitism

anettainkeri's review

funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Incest

groovywitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia