Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

112 reviews

ambersautumnreads's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

mxpk's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

shadowspinner's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Abortion

kirbyii's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Murder

jules_not_dead's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I think the best stories in this collection are "Kushtuka" and "Sundays."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Rape, and Murder

calamitydane's review

dark emotional mysterious

5.0

I love a good anthology and this was a great one. Each story has a different perspective, a different horror, a different voice. Along with monsters, we see real horrors that many Native people deal with. Loved this from start to finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

siobhanward's review

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

I rarely find anthologies where pretty much all the stories are solid, but this was one. Maybe it was because they were all very short, maybe they were just all written by great authors, but I really enjoyed this anthology. I'm excited to be walking away with a list of new authors to read, as so many of these stories were by folks I've never read before. Definitely a strong and well-curated collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

jzupp's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

alienrosey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

WOW. this was so so good. Maybe I like horror books???? Took off half a star since i had to skip one story for graphic r*pe (Sundays by David Heska Wanbli Weiden) so if that’s something you try to avoid, skip that story as well since it’s a major theme and plot point. Definitely check trigger warnings! Such a great mix of supernatural horror and just humans being plain ol horrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Torture

iszys's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, and Rape