Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Syvään päähän by Kate Davies

14 reviews

anniedactyl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

queerandtalkative's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

DNF 20%, I enjoyed it up until the events that occurred after her gay awakening. I am queer and didn’t really like the commentary on “how easy it is to be a lesbian nowadays” because it’s not lol… seems like an over simplistic and privileged view of queerness. i enjoyed the comedy but I did not like that the dialogue didn’t feel like real characters but rather like skits that didn’t mesh well together as a book. Books that talk about assault in such graphic detail NEED trigger warnings. There’s too many victims/survivors that deal with enough triggers in their everyday life to go into a story that promotes itself as “lighthearted comedy” to turn into a abuse sexual assault story without warning. I hope the author does better in the future. I think there’s potential for good comedy, I can’t speak on the more serious topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

sadmermaid's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

i really could relate with the mc. and i think shows really good how it’s not that easy to get out of a toxic relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Lesbophobia

bash5617's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative fast-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

1.5

I found the characters highly problematic. I skipped pages 150-275. The last 15 pages redeem  half a star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Drug use, Infidelity, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

zsuzsireads's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

Started out being a really feel good coming out story that made me excited to live in London, but peaked there. Found the characters frustrating and slightly unbelievable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

ellanarose's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

1414's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Self harm and Rape

ajasper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

inke410's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

<Spoiler>the ending saved it but the middle part was rather dry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Rape, Excrement, and Mental illness

decklededgess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

4.0

trigger warnings: non consent and dubious consent situations, sexual content, abusive relationships, cheating

The first five chapters of this book imply it's going to be a hilarious comedic romance instead it turns out to be a self discovery book revolving around an abusive relationship with hilarious elements that you feel bad for laughing at.
One point of contention in the plot is that a romantic partner is polyamorous and the main character has an issue with that. In certain situations it certainly could read as misrepresenting polyamorous relationships, maybe even villainizing. As an outsider to the community it didn't read as such because this was hundred percent more about the partner being a vile person when not getting their way instead of like...normalizing a poly relationship. Every subcommunity has their good and bad aspects and this book simply represents one of the bad aspects.
As long as you go into this book with the awareness that what is being represented isn't a reflection of the community as a whole or a statement on polyamory as a whole then you're good to go. It's well written, it's nuanced in its understanding of abusive relationships, and does a stellar job of indicating that the issue that is marked as "cheating" can be addressed by the MC  advocating for her needs in her relationship (with the explicit understanding that the relationship is abusive and therefore there are some exceptions to conflict resolution here).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence