Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado

70 reviews

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body horror, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

pineapple_queen's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Racism

hashbrownhedgehog's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

yeah_nahnia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Great premise, but I felt it was a bit all over the place, and it seemed to rush to get to the conclusion, which left it ultimately unsatisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Body horror

enyltiak's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

Such a gorgeous and haunting graphic novel—the horror of it compounds as you read and discover what is truly happening in Shudder-to-Think. Strange and horrifying and I absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Body horror, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

While there is no sexual assault on page, nor is it explicitly stated, it is a major theme of the story.

alicroz34's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

perleerose's review

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

Had to read the first two chapters for school, found a digital copy to finish it
I really enjoyed the ending of the story, it was kinda hopeful to see those women take a hold of their own futures and for the solidarity among them. The graphics were sick in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Gaslighting

brassmonkey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia

Themes of sexual assault are extremely prevalent the entire plot, but are never explicitly stated, and exist more within the realm of Southern Gothic metaphor.

aknah5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Everything about this book is beautifully crafted and haunting. For someone who is very cautious when approaching horror, I found The Low, Low Woods to be oddly welcoming. It's as though it goes deep into the psyche, draws out a repressed nightmare, and says "It's okay, you're not alone--we've imagined this too." Using magical realism, TLLW unleashes the horror of an unchallenged, unrestrained patriarchal society in the confines of a small Pennsylvanian town and, through the lives of our young adult heroines, moves through the enduring generational violence of that society as well as the critical awakening and resistance against it. I recommend this book as a potent piece of contemporary Gothic literature and with that recommendation, I would post this one notice: Sexual assault is not just a vague haunting theme in this novel; it is immediate and it is throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Gore, Pedophilia, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence