Reviews

The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

augustasmit's review against another edition

2.0

Beautifully written, but after the scene with Belle and Obbe I had to stop reading since I didn't want to find out any more of the horror that is presented in this book.

vacationrick's review

dark

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Sexual content

peggy_hill's review

dark sad 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

0.25

kat7890erina's review

3.0

Well. That was weird.

astridrv's review against another edition

Reading this book felt like watching Hard to be a god. Can't recommend it but don't regret it. And the author sure is a poet. All of the content warnings..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Incest, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Excrement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

hannacolm's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, and Rape

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

lottifus's review

challenging dark tense 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Incest

bohlo_'s review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

hevthemystic's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

livrawds's review against another edition

5.0

I mean like what the fuck did I just read

Many trigger warnings uncomfortable scenes

SA

Earthlings type shit

But my god the writing

Like a fever dream Dutch horror type shit

Annotated to fuck

But also just wtf wassss this book