Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The End of Alice by A.M. Homes

16 reviews

waverlyloyd's review

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Vomit

mattydingdong's review

dark 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? Yes

2.75

Do you like alteration? A.M. Holmes sure does! Yet another book that's "truly disturbing" and "gave me nightmares".

It was fine. Nothing more, nothing less. If you're not a frequent reader of splatter punk or extreme horror there are a few passages that may turn your stomach. But ultimately there's nothing out of the ordinary. 

I feel like a lot of extreme horror deals with pedophilia, incest, etc. and The End of Alice is no different.

It feels like ultimately this was a disturbing short story or blog post that got fleshed out into a novel, but upon completion a lot of the story feels unnecessary.

It's probably worth a read, especially considering it's less than 300 pages and can be finished in a day or two, but you really wouldn't be missing out if you skipped it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Incest, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

aknaag's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.75

Holy god damn shit… holy fucking hell

What a hard story to consume, so depraved and so realistic. The amount of times I’ve gasped, and stared at the wall mid read is countless. 

The writing is sooo unique. The breaking of the fourth wall and the quick changes between past and present is done so well that it wasn’t lost on me at all. And that in itself is such a feat. I enjoyed that.

Can’t say I enjoyed the secondary characters storyline so much although she was there to serve some purpose.

The ending scene, the final ending scene had me so gagged and shocked I’m gonna be thinking about that for like… forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

eefsteefs's review

challenging dark medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

spooky_taylor's review

dark medium-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

1.0

I was not a fan, felt it went way too far into a very taboo topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Death, and Child abuse

always_a_reader's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

catell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

beaverla's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child death, Rape, Murder, Incest, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

sapph1re's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Rape, Murder, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

charbookchar's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death