Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Nefando by Mónica Ojeda

9 reviews

hannahglass's review

Blahhhhhh. I see what the author is going for, but this is less horror and more abuse/torture porn. Pass :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, Rape, Incest, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Body horror, and Adult/minor relationship

ryanwhitley's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I feel bamboozled. This book was not really what it was advertised to be in the synopsis. That synopsis sounded great; what I read was not. And, at the risk of sounding prudish, it was pretty disgusting. This may be up your alley if you’re in to a lot of taboo/boundary breaking and not really into plot or character development, or indeed, a narrative thread that can be followed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, Gore, Torture, Sexual assault, and Rape

carriepond's review

This is just too much for me. I don’t want to continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood and Excrement

parap's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Physical abuse and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use and Islamophobia

booksybookbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Dysphoria

alixfitz0926's review

dark tense medium-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

4.75

that was. a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia

zeebjeeb's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

4.0

This books is dark, disturbing and unsettling…but that’s the point. Ojeda wants you to understand pain, to make you uncomfortable and get under your skin. There is graphic content which was too much for me, but I understand that that was the point. We think of people who hurt people as monsters but they are just as human as the rest of us, “they weren’t victims of monstrosity, but of humanity”. This is a multi media story introducing us to six troubled characters all coping with trauma, redefining their trauma through art. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

karla_burbujadeletras's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Body horror, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Child abuse

moss_martii's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, and Child abuse