Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

41 reviews

jaiari12's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Animal death, Grief, Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

rei_reads's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Body horror

gteng's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Vomit, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical trauma

malsbang's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cannibalism

elliot_benjamin's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Death

librasgroove's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

Interesting Things in the book: Gay stained glassed nightclub, blondes as the ultimate evil, lesbian pining, beauty as a sunk cost, the intensity of being a pianist, parental legacy, and fetishization of Asian women.  

Warning: ALOT of mentions of restrictive eating/new age wellness 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual violence, Vomit, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

simplyammee's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Rape, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Murder

ericaito's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book scared the crap out of me AND featured the most beautiful, aching passages on aging daughterhood I've ever read. Which is to say nothing of the way Huang writes about music... It's #GrotesqueGrorlSummer. Beauty destroys. Ugly is filled with infinite possibilities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Sexual violence

kelsielovesbooks's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Racism, Medical trauma, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Body horror

noshinbean's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism, Cannibalism, Car accident, Dementia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual violence