Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

51 reviews

ashleyaselin's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

kelseyke's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

amberjackonski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

White Horse is a book about family history, addiction, friendship, and growing up. It is not necessarily a horror/thriller book which will throw action at you from the very beginning but is more of a character study and slow build. I really enjoyed getting to learn about the characters and their motivations as I felt it was very important to the main characters journey to find her mom. To me it showed she needed the support of all those around her to face what occurred towards the end of the book. 

While there were some aspects I didn’t love such as Debby accepting Jake back into her life and the dismissiveness of his bad behavior I think at least leading up to that there is commentary around their relationship which shows how toxic it is. Otherwise loved where this story takes us and it’s discussion of tougher topics. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

ziahalloween's review

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Incest, and Sexual assault

effingunicorns's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

I'm honestly still trying to wrap my head around how I feel about this book, but it was definitely a solid read. A lot of harsh realities intersect to form the playing field, and the mysticism is down to earth while still feeling real and consequential, as opposed to "oh, this is all just a hallucinatory framework for people to deal with their immense grief/trauma, and also I am very clever!" (Yes, I'm still bitter about The Midnight Club.)

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Colonisation, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, and Police brutality

chelsearae87's review

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Blood

mike_the_goblin's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I will be honest in saying there are some things about this book that are not going to work for people, there are somethings that didn't work for me, but for a debut novel this is fantastic. What really stands out about this novel are the main characters range of introspection and personal growth. Some of the side characters are a little less fleshed out but it's not really distracting because it's partly due to the story being told from the main characters perspective.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism and Addiction

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual assault