Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Bad Fruit by Ella King

34 reviews

clarxvizconde13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder

I think the book has depth - after reading it, the title "Bad Fruit" has so many meanings.

scifi_rat's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Plot: 4.25★
Prose: 4.75★
Pace: 4.5★
Concept/Execution: 4.5★/5★
Characters: 4.5★
Worldbuilding: 3.75★
Ending: 4.25★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Stalking, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

mamabrauner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Body shaming

adrinthesky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Rape and Suicide

sofiam19's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Vomit, and Eating disorder

keirahelena_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Murder

desertwomanphx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

How can I start…wow. This book was one that I had to close, take a breather, than dive back in. Lily is a smart young woman who is held down by her narcissistic mother and emotionally absent father. She struggles with memories that her mind has kept her from, as protection. But they become stronger and stronger making her get to the bottom of what she is remembering. I loved this book, it is heartbreakingly beautiful. I’m glad it ended the way it did. Gives me encouragement for my own situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape

archiveofrasa's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

considering the streak I had with most dark fiction recently, I thought this was going to be something similar, but oh BOY, my heart feels like there's a knife in it.

very well written; the tensest scenes were carried out perfectly, sharp and cruel as they are said to have been portrayed and the slow unravelling into Lily's past abuse and her mother's abuse was incredibly gripping, while also haunting and terrifying. definitely, Lily and May's relationship was this story's strongest trait. her relationship with her siblings was painful to read, but I really appreciated the nuance and realistic manner they were portrayed.

when I put this onto my TBR, I was told that her siblings made fun of Lily for doing what she did, but honestly, it came off more like they didn't understand why she was doing it when Julia was crueler and Jacob more distant and were trying to get her to stop, which is what makes their relationship so heartbreaking for me.

 

this review (https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/20e94bb5-edc3-46ab-8a0e-9c03a7b89f7b) (help idk how links work here) sums up everything I'm unable to say about this book (I literally just finished reading it) but, yeah, a really great piece of work.

also, this has to be what those American girlies feel like when they see their town represented in fiction because I had the biggest jumpscare when I saw my school's borough and village was this book's setting. I don't know if that grounds this book more for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Rape

sunbearbeam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

chaoticallyqueercoded's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

3.75

Dark, almost felt like a car crash, gruesome but you could not look away. Well written. Audiobook did not include any content warnings, btw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Self harm