Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Furies by Mandy Beaumont

4 reviews

curatoriallyyours's review

It had to go back to the library and it was rather bleak so I didn’t really want to pick it up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, and Animal death

julziez's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Animal death, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit

gingie's review

dark sad 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? No

1.5

This book was riddled with one-dimensional, stereotypical and often offensive representations of POC. Men of Colour in this book are always predatory, Women of Colour in this book are always depicted as helpless and rude, and at one point the main character even compares her arse to Uluru (a sacred site). 

Not only this, but the Furies was essentially just trauma porn. It was riddled with gratuitous violence against women, to the point where it seemingly served no purpose but to disturb. Massive trigger warning for rape and assault -  there is almost no reprieve the entire length of the novel. 

The section from Cynthia’s mother’s point of view was the best part of the book, and was genuinely really well-written. However, the rest was trying to do much and I just wanted to get it over with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Grief

geekberry's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, and Violence