Reviews tagging 'Incest'

All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

12 reviews

thepeppermintfairytale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Incest, Child death, Death of parent, and Rape

achay91's review against another edition

challenging sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Pedophilia, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Homophobia, Cursing, Grief, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Child death

fictionalsarah's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent and Incest

Minor: Miscarriage

sometimes_ready's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

This was a totally new genre/style for me and I was HOOKED. What a sad, hopeful, and genuinely twisting story line. Prepare to suspend your disbelief and lean into this unique but contemporary tale.  So much to unpack and I imagine there is even more to take away than I could in one read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape and Incest

smartie_chan's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, and Rape

ecstaticlistening's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Ghosts and witchy lore blend with a mystery and history, illuminating the experiences of women in Ireland through the last 4 generations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Suicide, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest and Rape

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

Possible spoiler - read if you want to know what chapters to skip for a specific CW:

Detailed depiction of rape/incest in Ch. 18
Abortion and anti-choice propaganda/experiences in Ch. 30

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Incest

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Suicide, and Outing

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

annarose_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

tw: rape, incest, child abuse, religious abuse and trauma, homophobia, pregnancy and abortion and stigma surrounding all of these 

a beautiful novel that illustrates how generational trauma impacts the present. haunted by ghosts, banshees and a curse that's threaded all through her family's history, Deena struggles with her family's (read: her very religious father's) views on her coming out as a lesbian, only for her sister Mandy to drop the news of the family curse and then disappear, presumed dead by everyone but Deena. She sets out to find her sister, learning more about her family, past and present, along the way. this is a story of pride, of personal power, and how institutions, societal expectations (and men, lets be honest) will do everything in their own powers to keep us down.

the author's note at the end mentions how some of the religious child abuse in this book is based on real events and real places. i loved this book but please do take care when reading if any of the topics mentioned are triggering 💚

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Incest, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

ellas_escapism's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

After reading the book, 100% read the Author's Note as well - it is very informative and essential to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Rape, Homophobia, Death, Child death, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Incest

This book has so many different content warnings (including slut-shaming which I could not tag here) but is such an incredibly important and informative book to read. However, I also highly recommend doing independent research and readings before/after the book.

stelepami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt