Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke

5 reviews

mooglemania's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

Author said "fuck those lesbians"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Abortion

ellenigrace's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

4.5

Great plot and great Gothic vibes but I struggled to differentiate between the dual timelines because the narrators' voices were so similar.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pregnancy, Dementia, Confinement, Death, Rape, Blood, Grief, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Infidelity, and Homophobia

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Sexism, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

lulubeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Bullying, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Dementia

snazzyrhombus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

kind of hated this i'm sorry cj cooke,, the premise was really strong but i feel like it just flopped. very cringey read with a lot of painfully predictable or weird and out of place twists and turns

like the stupid note saying 'help me' actually made me giggle. also (i'm a lesbian fyi) i feel like the queer relationships here are super forced and unrealistic,, i hate when writers/filmmakers can't decide whether to let the gays live in peace and create a homophobia-free universe or to suggest homophobia is a worrying factor and just sit somewhere in the middle, in this case where they're all worried about being found out but also don't even panic much at all when they are found out bu their friends who also turn out to be gay....? i also feel like in this era it would take a lot more to figure out you're gay but idk i wasn't around in the 50s/60s so i don't even know

 

anyway yeah just read mexican gothic instead very similar premise but a lot better

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia