Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

23 reviews

ashleylorelle's review

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

antonebooks's review

dark reflective sad

4.0

The kind of book you can only read once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Ableism, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

lazydazey's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Police brutality, Violence, Murder, and Pedophilia

madmorgan31's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Child death, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

ashlwy's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

deszra's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

this was such a strange read that i can’t really decide on a star rating for it. like i simultaneously want to ponder on everything that happened but i also never want to think of all the atrocities it detailed. 
objectively the writing is phenomenal, and the perspective we’re reading from is unique esp when considering the reveal at the end, but at the same time it seemed like i was supposed to care about the Priest after finding out what he did and like no, he doesn’t deserve that happy ending. that whole subplot felt wholly unnecessary. 
obv pls check trigger warnings before picking this up, it is Rough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty

dragnfary's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

liaemsy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

duvet's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Rape

kodi_rae's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Magical realism meets the prison system makes for a beautiful, haunting, and deeply sad read. Though somehow there’s hope too, maybe?

While it’s not graphic in the traditional sense, take care and make sure to check the content warnings to get a sense of things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Rape, Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, and Mental illness

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Suicide