Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Crash by J.G. Ballard

6 reviews

olivemypuns's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, and Incest

krankliuk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Medical content, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia

red_starlights's review

Crash randomly introduces elements of pedophilia for seemingly no reason. Maybe Ballard intended to shock the reader further, but personally it just felt wholly unnecessary and turned me off. To much eroticism for me, as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Child abuse

fbm_charlie's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Sex is disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Body horror, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Infidelity, Gore, Blood, and Death

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

earsore's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.25

zzz... chromium... zzz... semen... zzz... Elizabeth Taylor...

An absolute waste of time on all fronts. Ballard was so hellbent on trying to be shocking that the entire purpose of the story falls utterly flat. The characters are so two-dimensional that you don't give too much of a shit when they go crazy, because they had no personalities and no reason to be invested in. There were a few parts I felt engaged, despite the utterly detatched tone of our narrator: I chuckled 2 times, and I felt disgust at about 3-4 sections of visceral accident descriptions (mostly near the end). Other than that, the prose was so abhorrently repetitive that it was putting me to sleep more than it was shocking me.

And I don't see his whole allegory for technology taking over human excitement/lust. My man, it was the 70s, your only frame of reference was cars!!! It does not feel clear at all, no matter how true it is today. It's poorly executed on all fronts and a shocking letdown compared to High-Rise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Excrement

softersoft3st's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia