Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

71 reviews

easefcik's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

this was beautifully written in so many ways, but I’m struggling with my review for this book. I wanted to love it and there is so much I really loved, but her representation of trans people left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed…confused and uninformed. I get how she wants a trans protagonist to fit into the story, but I’m concerned it’s a harmful representation and unnecessarily. I obviously can’t speak for trans people, but k was extremely uncomfortable with the depictions and treatment of the character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Child death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Death, and Transphobia

ari767's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

1.0

Unrealistic and transphobic portrayal of a trans character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

mosswood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

4.5

This was a fascinatingly unique book. The concept is incredible. I think the ending lost it slightly for me but I adored the journey the book took me on, despite it not always being obvious what this journey was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Transphobia

cleot's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Medical content, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Body horror, Outing, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Genocide

the transphobia by a sex partner was particularly upsetting to me as a trans person, as was the graphic on-page sexual assault of trans man resulting from bathroom harassment

seaform22's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

frogsinthesummer's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Sexual assault

aspellane94's review

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Sexism, Body horror, and Transphobia

velokei's review against another edition

fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Interesting discussion of topics such as Ai and the meaning of life. I didn’t realise until embarrassingly late that Ron Lord was meant to be Byron, and Polly D was meant to be the other P name guy.

I don’t think the rape scene was at all necessary, it was weird and out of place and I hated it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Rape, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Antisemitism

monokeros's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Transphobia

mythian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Death