Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories by Camila Sosa Villada

4 reviews

megansoetaert's review

emotional fast-paced

4.75

I loooove Camila Sosa Villada’s writing. She finds such unique ways to tell age old stories and experiences, especially those of trans women, and everything she writes hits me so deeply.

I normally don’t enjoy short story collections, but this is beautiful and graphic and flowed together very well. My favorite stories were I’m a Fool to Want You and The Beard. Sosa Villada’s writing and Maude’s translation bring the stories to life so well. I can’t wait for this to be published.

Thank you to Other Press and Camila Sosa Villada for a copy of this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Sexual violence

muchlibrary's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

This is an enticing and scandalous collection. Camila Sosa Villada writes gritty, sexy stories with massive dogs, matrilinial heritages, colonialism, nuns, and a lot of death, sometimes birth as well. Prepare to be charmed and horrified all over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Confinement, Animal death, Outing, Pregnancy, Excrement, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Child death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

manuelac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Misogyny, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Homophobia, and Rape

pil4r's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Incest