Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

22 reviews

orchidd's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

this was like reading about poorly adjusted people on reality TV

tags: lesbian gender, butch/femme, homonormativity, performativity (and inability to stop performing), construction of femme gender as in opposition to butch gender

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Torture, Cursing, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement

ashareadsbooks's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

bamoon's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

irenemarie's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Excrement

m_onalisaa's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing

• Loveable characters? Yes

0.25

i no longer identify as a lesbian

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Abandonment, Body shaming, Medical content, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Sexual violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

icmcmx's review

challenging fast-paced

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

0.25

Don't. Just save yourself the time and just go straight to therapy. 

It's like the writer took the most absurd things she could think of & threw them together in this grotesque mess of words. 


This is not being queer.  Please don't think that this is it. 

Also would love to call the RSPCA for that poor dug. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Torture, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Classism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

kennabix's review

funny tense

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

3.25

This was a crazy read. An extremely fun depiction of unquestionable queerness and lesbian culture and gender. Sasha’s intentional annoying personality trait was insufferable, and I kept waiting for something to happen that was not her self-spiraling love/hate train.

Then there was the livestream and that happened! Crazy town body horror. Unanswered questions. The last 100 pages were a wild ride I don’t want to go back onto but was happy to have done once. Miss Fran Davis all I have to say is HUH?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Torture

mstrouse's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Dysphoria

ember_is_gay's review

challenging dark emotional funny

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

3.0

I have no idea what this was about. Maybe I was not the target audience, but it feels very pretentious and a lot of words to say not a lot. And honestly, I am kinda sad because I was looking forward to it. 

I did enjoy the weird gore/porn bit. And I really liked the expanse of lesbians displayed; the 6 main characters show a huge range of what a lesbian can be and the nuances within our community. He/him lesbians, non-binary lesbians, lesbians who have had top surgery!! All valid lesbians and all so important to be recognised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Gore, and Torture

maksipad's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

I am still processing this book lol. I think I liked it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail