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Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'
Адските машини за желания на доктор Хофман by Angela Carter
4 reviews
squidknees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and War
miekookeim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism
Minor: Excrement
toffishay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Cannibalism, and War
jake_'s review against another edition
3.75
That was one sentence, and one of my primary issues with this book was the author's tendency to use long, convoluted sentences for absolutely no reason. Yet at times the prose was masterful; certain characters were drawn as well as any I have come across, while certain philosophical or satirical observations were made with a combination of academic rationality and wonder-inducing profundity. It was this prose which carried me headlong through the narrative's twists and turns, and it really does twist and turn. On several occasions I had persuaded myself to immediately remove this book from my possession and gift it to a charity shop having finished reading it, such were the graphic scenes described... But soon enough I was on board again, reading with relish, delighting at the ridiculous marvels of this Odyssean journey. In the end, I can assertively say I enjoyed it, and that this novel can stand alongside not just New Wave works but New Weird works as a piece of startling and unsurpassable originality.
This book is similar to the following books I have read:
The San Veneficio Canon by Michael Cisco
Celebrant by Michael Cisco
Satyricon by Petronius
The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault