Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

100 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

linfardts's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

For the first half of this book i was so sure it was going be be a 5 star read. I loved everything about it. The prose, the setting, the pacing and build up were done SO well and i was hooked.

The second half kinda fell off for me. I found some parts a bit hard to picture or follow what was happening. I felt there were some really great themes that could have been explored more in-depth but were really only touched upon at a surface level. I thought the ending was just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape

_serena_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Every time I thought this book couldn’t get any crazier it proved me wrong!

I really liked the art and musical descriptions through this book. Music was such an integral part of our narrator’s life, it’s only right that it continues to follow her. As someone who also uses music as an escape and a passion, it was very relatable. 

This isn’t traditional horror - it’s very much body horror. Body modification, medical experimentation, unethical human trials. 

If you want something not too long, a little wacky, a little creepy and very intriguing I think you’ll enjoy this. I would check out the content warnings before diving in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Car accident, Medical content, Racism, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Bullying

caileigh's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Car accident, and Fatphobia

youwantsome's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

0.25

This was one of the worst books I've ever read. I could not get into the writing style whatsoever. There were lots of instances where the narrator (main character) says how she feels — as opposed to describing what happened and letting the read (obviously) infer what their feelings would've been. I also found the descriptions of music odd and hard to empathise with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

jensch's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror

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

matchamarimo's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Gore, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Sexual content

aneesasona's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

Dark, creepy, mesmerizing, heartbreaking. I wasn’t sure I would like reading horror, and if you had told me what some of the content would be, I’m not sure I would’ve picked it up. But this book was excellent, if extremely upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Violence

laura_et's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault