Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

66 reviews

crustywhitedog's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Incest, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Infidelity, Torture, and War

cup_cake's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Das Parfum [ist] ekelhaft gut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism and Pedophilia

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

 This is a character study of a twisted man. The violence is mostly understated, there is not a lot of gore or blood in this book. The focus on scent and perfume gave some much needed originality. My only compliant is that the author makes some gross comments about the female victims in this novel. I do not need to know how the breasts of a dead teenager look. The middle section gets a little boring. The beautiful writing makes it worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Pedophilia

Minor: Incest, Sexism, and Torture

lesemaus2303's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Animal death, Cannibalism, Rape, Classism, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

strabbyfieldz's review

challenging dark funny sad fast-paced

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

2.75

sporadically good; a waft of flowers after rain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Incest, and Sexual violence

murderousscottishgremlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was really interesting. I found myself bored while reading most of it, especially in the sections where Grenouille is not present. However, I now understand and respect the author’s intent with writing Grenouille’s absences. Some really interesting metaphors, some really unsettling scenes. That ending… wow. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Pedophilia

meesh150's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Stalking

Wanted to like this book but I cannot get over the objectification of female minors, so I had a really hard time finishing this. The end was interesting, which was what lifted my rating.

nooni56's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I found that the book dragged on quite a bit during the second half, but whoa - that ending. Amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicidal thoughts

hilary_reads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Excrement

scarletkeiller's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

The amount of filler brings down this otherwise well-written and absorbing book which feels like a good novella that was padded out into an okay novel. It took a lifetime to get going and there were some sections that were excruciatingly slow, but thankfully the final act was worth suffering for

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia