Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

11 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Incest, Gore, Animal death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, and Miscarriage

aidareads's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

this was incredibly underwhelming. i just wanted to be scared so much and i ended up feeling like i was reading a grocery list 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Sexual violence

mnatale100's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

wwweronka's review

dark fast-paced

4.0

I resonated with many of the stories, I didn't understand some, I'd love to talk about many of them just to see how other people read them. But I enjoyed (I'm not sure if that's the correct word for disturbing stories that are kind of true if you take away the horror) all of them. 

It's a book I'll probably return to at some point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence and Miscarriage

juwaria's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It’s very dark and twisted - trigger warning for those who don’t want to read about SA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Body horror, and Blood

sofigj's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Dementia, Confinement, Child death, Body shaming, Body horror, and Blood

violet_pages's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Infertility, Vomit, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent

ladysanctuary's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely chilling haunting stories, from the almost silly and fantastical to gore and fear. split into three parts, The House, The Child and The Past, these short stories tap into the fears women have and the fears you didn't know to be afraid of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Excrement, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

egmamaril's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Vomit, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Child death

liteartha's review

dark mysterious tense

3.0

this was a weird one. 

if you’re looking for short stories that are unsettling, eerie, and queer, this fits the bill. 

i’m not much one for short stories, i’m finding, and horror isn’t my go-to genre, though the horror depicted here is a odd melding of old fairy and folk tales, grim realities, and the truly bizarre, which made it a lot more readable than i’d expected, given there were themes familiar to even my uninitiated horror reader self.  

many stories were really quite gross and a few i had to sort of skim over due to triggering material but all in all, logan is a really skilled writer and this makes me all the more eager to pick up some of her other work that i’ve been eyeing for awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Vomit