Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress

85 reviews

shroff_sanjana's review

emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

bejulien's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

I enjoyed reading it but I also don’t feel like I got anything from it, either. Coincidentally this is how I often feel about art in museums — a “wow, cool!” but I’m rarely moved by what I see. 

Perhaps the multiple POVs prevented me from truly feeling what each character felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

pandemonic_astrologist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

i loved this!! the characters felt layered and i loved how everyone was connected to each other in some way. yes it felt a little pretentious at times with all the art talk but not so much that i felt left out, just the right amount of pretentiousness.

at the beginning i had such a clear prediction of what was going to happen, i thought it would just be a slow burn, maybe a drunken hookup at some point where they end up feeling awkward about each other for a while and then a late-chapter confession, but the winter showcase thing was such a left turn for me (which i appreciated, i’m glad it wasn’t predictable).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

dominosmum444's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

i throughly enjoyed this. an insight into the art world set in a nostalgic time period for me (early 2010s). i really loved how the author wove the stories of the four main characters together. it was great!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

mlachevre's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

seventhevan's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

supmariss's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

joensign's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

lucyravenelle's review

medium-paced

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

4.25

Mostly about art and capitalism which is a really interesting topic. If I’d read it faster I would have loved it more. Queer stories are represented really beautifully which is nice but due to each chapter having a shift in perspective there was the potential for the sensation of incongruency in the plot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

bells_shelves's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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 feel seen by this book. it’s so human. so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Violence