Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Kink by R.O. Kwon, Garth Greenwell

5 reviews

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape

starwitness's review against another edition

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Started off steamy but then it was like three or four cis hetero stories in a row that left me feeling uninspired and bored :( I wanted this to be more gender expansive inclusive - maybe try to pick it up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail

kairhone's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

azariamckay's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Kink is an anthology and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I over its take on desire, sex, queer and trans love, and shameless sex. There were stories I wished were longer and stories I could’ve done without. I would preface this book with a couple trigger warnings: r*pe, s*xual assault, and transphobia. The stories get a little rocky at times and I don’t remember a single story ending on a happy note, which isn’t a bad thing for me, I tend to lean toward depressing reads. The compilation of writers for this novel was amazing and the styles of writing differed in the most interesting ways. Each story felt like it’s own but there felt like a common thread that grounded them all. I would reread a few of these stories in the future for sure! I’m interested in coming back to it later to examine how it ages and how I’ve changed with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

invaderlinz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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I enjoyed almost every story but the last, some more than others - as is the way with a lot of short story collections. I think it’s a solid collection, but not as out there as I had expected from all of its hype. I did really love reading these stories from authors I’ve found over the past few years, and seeing them write in a totally different way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Incest