Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

13 reviews

jediprincess's review against another edition

Read the content warnings… too much for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

sarah_zaffiro's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

meadows2020's review against another edition

I cancelled Kindle unlimited and I’m fine not reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Incest

brianareads's review against another edition

relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Incest

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

stellacohen's review

reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: War

blanquiblue2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

AnaÏs Nin's Delta of Venus is a collection of beautifully written erotic short stories. Her prose is vibrant and sensuous, and through it, she explores the various avenues of female sexuality. Most of her stories, however, are hard to read since they do not deal with healthy sexual relationships. Rather, they all involve some sort of toxic or taboo relationship and/or fetish, from incest to necrophilia. Nin conjures dazzling scenes and sexual encounters that one could never have fathomed, both for their creativity and surrealism and for their dark nature. She distracts us with her alluring words from the perversions of the scenes she is describing, trying to beautify things that we consider shocking as a society. Her work is definitely one of the most interesting things I have read so far, not only because her writing style is mesmerising but because she contrasts it with situations we consider to be revolting, treading very thinly on what is permissible and questioning the moral boundaries of the society we inhabit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

hattie's review against another edition

Couldn’t make it past the boarding school. What the fuck is this book !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Incest, and Drug abuse

lilbluerexi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

what the hell did i just read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Incest

Moderate: Homophobia

georgiahb's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Incest

irisirae's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

2.0

"I believe in saying it. There are enough mysteries, and these do not help our enjoyment of each other."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence