Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

749 reviews

jules_farkas's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Domestic abuse

fiona_farrell's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, Rape, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

lilly_dav_reading's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Wild and full of triggers but well written, unique, fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

kates_books's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

This book is definitely horror. To be fair, it is clearly labeled as such, but I was still shocked by the graphic gore and terrible scenes. I maybe would have liked a trigger warning on the first page about the level of gore and rape scenes. Despite my struggle to read the horror, I really enjoyed the book. It was a compelling read that touched on feminism, class, racism, and community. I also loved the deep dive to the vampire genre - loved that the entry point and the research the book club did was reading vampire books. Also loved the setting in South Carolina - it felt like being in a true Southern home. 

I loved that Patricia got a divorce in the end! Her husband was so condescending and absent and didn't value her at all. When he said something about her having time to do something because she's just a housewife - my blood was boiling! The only part of the ending I didn't like was that Slick died from her rape injuries - so sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, and Gore

undeadgearhead's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

Genuinely not the worst I've read but there were several parts that I didn't really enjoy. White Savior trope being a main one.

The rape and following results thereof was honestly off-putting at best, as was the protags son being obsessed with Nazis. I genuinely don't understand what that has to do with the plot man.

I've read some the author's other books and they were fine but this one just wasn't it for me. Genuinely had potential though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Racism

deldaylami's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Gore

monster_tabs's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Stalking, and Racism

sarah_bettina's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship

kit_kat006's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

maebemerissa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexism, and Pedophilia