Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

11 reviews

feeohnaemily's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Death of parent, Self harm, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

brinnavirginia's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Pregnancy, Self harm, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

carbinara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

omg just make chicken i beg x

On the real though, I expected a more lighthearted gory comedy about a woman being haunted by her MIL, but got a character study of a woman who has a very distorted view of the world, her relationships, and herself as an individual. Quite shocking (to me, who doesn’t read much horror), but definitely worth the read :) A tiny bit slow for the first half though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Self harm, Mental illness, Violence, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Pedophilia and Vomit

kbaker45's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Excrement, Suicide, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Infertility, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

seasonedreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

m_macmillan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

zoeananda's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

deeply upsetting! did not expect the cannibalism. great overall, but what the fuck. ottessa moshfegh could never. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Body horror, Excrement, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Self harm

Minor: Sexual violence

nikzzz3's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

kitausu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.0

This is, without question, one of the weirdest things I've ever read. Definitely enjoyed it though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Mental illness, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

inuklilacdiesel's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.75

[cw: SA, grief, portrayals of ableism?, emotional abuse, violent thoughts, suicidal thoughts, depression, mentions of BPD, gross bodily imagery, descriptions of eye trauma, cannibalism]

(3.5) Wow. What a relentless deep dive into the most toxic parts of cisgender relationships (as the narrator views them) and heteronormativity, as well as codependent parents (mainly mothers) and (well, frankly, the white people version of) intergenerational trauma. 

It was poetically written, with interesting uses of imagery and (((diction))), and sections of screenplay (used fairly well, never feeling too jarring) throughout. I often pick up horror novels and am always surprised when there’s suddenly cannibalism, but to be honest I probably should’ve known from the food on the cover what I was likely getting myself into, lmao. 

I mostly read it out loud to my partner on a long drive, and we were enraptured. I will say that we, personally, both are uncomfortable with eye trauma so I skipped over a section around the middle of the book where Abby describes a thought she has about ripping out part of her eye, and how she’d cook it… I read it silently to myself, horrified, and then resumed when the description ended. 

Overall, a pretty effective examination of its subject—I had some other minor things that bothered me, but I’ll add them to my review after thinking some more about this experience. 

However, I never want to have a plate of chicken a la king. Ever. Lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit