Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole

4 reviews

leahkarge's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Hate crime, Infidelity, Blood, and Stalking

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Racism, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Racial slurs, Sexism, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Classism, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Lesbophobia, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

misha_ali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

This was the book form of a one-woman play. I went in expecting more of a murder mystery but the blurb gives away the fact that there will be a murder and that our main character, Ken, is the person being blamed because she's attacked the same man in the past and also has Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID). 

Unfortunately, Ken is only mostly sure it wasn't her who killed this horrible man but could one of her "headmates", i.e. her other identities, known and unknown to her, have done it instead?

I really enjoyed the deep dive into the science of DID. Each of the headmates has a compelling and separate personality, voice, and agenda and they bicker and enjoy each other's company while periodically taking control for varying amounts of time of being a co-pilot with someone else. 

It's really easy, when making a condition like DID the main subject of a thriller, to make things overly dramatic or demonize the condition for shock value. I appreciate that this doesn't happen here and the mysterious circumstances have explanations that make sense without being sensationalist about DID and are compelling because each of the identities is a whole person and the narrative treats them this way.

Really fun, fast-paced, and a novel take on the idea of a locked room (island?) mystery when one person contains multitudes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

uranaishi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gore, Stalking, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Rape, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Slavery, War, Ableism, Alcohol, and Sexual content