Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

8 reviews

jakobvongunten's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Suicide, Fatphobia, Racism, Domestic abuse, Incest, Ableism, and Excrement

calbehrendt's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Racial slurs, Gore, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape and Suicide

lesliewilleford's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Blood, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Murder, Homophobia, Alcohol, Police brutality, Violence, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

thnksfrthmmrs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought I was going to read about the actual Black Dahlia. Bless that girl's soul, this heavily fictionalized depiction of her murder is insulting.

A lot of random storylines were unnecessary to the story, unlikeable characters... It was a real struggle getting through this disturbing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Misogyny

xxfrasierfan360noscopesxx's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A truly surprising amount of this book is concerned with some sort of polycule comprised of two 1940's LAPD guys and a schoolteacher

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

linddykal's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Trafficking, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Incest and Dementia

reubs's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

Goes hard but lots of content warnings. V different to chandler but I think it picks up from the style he was getting at in the long goodbye

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Rape, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Murder, Torture, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, and Body horror

Probably the most gruesome crime novel I've ever read

jdcorley's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Some day I'll write 50,000 words about the tapestry of this novel, how terrible (in the ancient sense) and wonderful (same) it is. it's that kind of experience: noir and crime and mystery and historical character drama all wrapped and intertwined and all, in the end, the same, the same, the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Gun violence