Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

41 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

This was fine. There was a lot I liked about it but a lot fell flat for me. I liked the discussion about racism, bullying, sexual assault, coming out, and family trauma/heritage. I liked how slowly Jake started to accept himself and the friendships and relationships that formed as well as the strengthening of the family. I just felt the the plot and the horror aspect was boring and it didn’t keep my attention sadly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Hate crime, Car accident, Outing, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, and Violence

httpspuppy's review

2.0

this book was a wild ride and im not sure i enjoyed it-
this seemed like a bad piece of fanfiction and im not here for it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

thatenbyisisreads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, and Child death

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Homophobia, Blood, Child death, Bullying, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Hate crime, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Incest and Sexual assault

her's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Bullying, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Incest

Minor: Drug use

parasolcrafter'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? Yes

3.75

this book was fine but the two major events happened so fast i think i got whiplash 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Drug use

jesseybean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Racism, and Incest

edrasaa's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Torture, Incest, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

cr_valentine's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Stalking, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Body horror