Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King

11 reviews

aus10england's review

funny fast-paced

3.25

This book unfortunately is a victim of false advertising. While the stories from the author are entertaining and raunchy, I was hoping for more pop culture analysis about all things tacky!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

kitschysweater's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Body shaming

kurumipanda's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

odrib's review

funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

havlisar's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.0

I had high hopes for this book but it didn't live up. As a reader I really enjoy essays and critique of  culture. However, this didn't really feel like that after the first few chapters. It felt a little bit more like reading someone's diary but not in a fun way. I applaud Rax for being so open and the moments when she did juxtapose culture with her experiences were well done - but too much of the box wasn't that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

sjanke2's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

surefinewhatever_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

Ugggghhhhh
Y’all, I was *really* looking forward to this one. I was so excited to read a book of essays about much of the culture that I grew up within and loved. Hello the table of contents boasts essays about degrassi, hot topic, americas next top model, jersey shore & Bath & body works!! I was thrilled to read an essay collection that appeared to discuss the exact culture I was raised in! But honestly, it felt like this collection was more about Rax’s sexual exploits than it was about the culture. Either this book needed to be marketed differently or edited more. It was exhausting for each chapter to come back to who she was sleeping with (significantly older man, someone else’s husband/boyfriend, shitty dude after shitty dude), and frankly, it became repetitive & boring. I was so ready to love this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

mateoj's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

not BAD, but wildly misrepresented by the uh. everything about it. this is a personal essay collection, which is not a bad thing to be but not what I thought I was signing up for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Fatphobia