Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

14 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, Body horror, Grief, Racism, Animal cruelty, Death, Medical content, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Ableism, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Classism, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Pedophilia

rice_cooker's review

4.5

one of the scariest books i've read in my life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Gore, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Racism, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

wiitchycats's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The first 2/3 of this book were amazing, but the final 1/3 felt like it didn’t contain the same depth. Nonetheless this was a novel I couldn’t put down! 

This story had so much to say about the beauty world, homogenization, white supremacy, and capitalism. It was such a devastating read and the ending was too real. The writing and craft of this was artfully done and absolutely beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide and Pedophilia

eveningreverie's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting read, but felt a little too fast for the deluge of thematic content ripping through every part of this book. It’s either incredibly packed without a moment of unnecessary detail, or a bit floaty from point to point, and I haven’t had enough time to sit with it and go back to figure out which it really is. 

Very Awad in many ways, but very unique in others. Disgustingly vile sections juxtaposed with sections that—as a pianist myself—made me feel extraordinarily validated. Breakneck blockbuster of a book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Body horror

Moderate: Pedophilia

jennifercheck's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Racism, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Cannibalism

zeroschatz's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Body horror, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Drug use

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Violence, and Rape

whitneymouse's review

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Dysphoria, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit, Fatphobia, Racism, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

seagullsaga's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Classism, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body horror, Drug use, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Rape, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Dementia, Eating disorder, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

brotestantethic's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Like grotesque magic. This book was so good, it made me want to throw up. It is very rare to find a book that is so poignant and powerful while simultaneously strange. Huang covers a lot of ground masterfully. INCREDIBLE!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident

agavette's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Dysphoria, Xenophobia, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Pedophilia