Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

24 reviews

cace's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Vomit, Grief, Abortion

eliya95's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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All women should be allowed to be a little evil every once in a while. I’ve been reading a lot of Victorian horror recently, and this is such a good tribute to the genre. While the repression of female emotion may not be the driving factor of the narrator explicitly, it is clearly a theme and cause of distress and “darkness” throughout the novel. It was weird. It was gross. It was violent. Nothing was gratuitous. Nothing was just for shock value. Nothing was just to be edgy. It added to the story. It was horror in the brilliant way women write horror, and the ending was what I can only describe as chef’s kiss. What our narrator hid her psychopathy through, female charm and wit and the underestimating of female intelligence and darkness, ended up being what brought her, and everyone else down. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

stephaniekrebs's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pedophilia, Abortion, Pregnancy

pineapple_queen's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion