Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

86 reviews

nicola4e's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

bookopinions's review against another edition

reflective sad

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

3.5

 3,5/5 oder 7/10

Frustrierend, deprimierend, nachdenklich.

Real Life ist schwierig zu beschreiben und so ist es auch sein Inhalt. Schwierig, nicht einfach einzuordnen. Eine sich abwärts windende Doppelhelix, die nicht auseinandergeflochten werden kann. Niemand hat Schuld und alle haben Schuld an einem kaputten und unsensiblen System, in dem jeder nur seinen eigenen Schmerz wahrnimmt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual content

ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This gets very intense at some parts, but it’s so good. Wallace’s story is gut-wrenching in the best and worst ways. Some pieces are very relatable for me too. The reflection that comes from reading this (as a white woman) is exceptionally deep. 
I recommend this book for everyone who can handle the content!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

ejanephillips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Vomit

ktkate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Misogyny

ecn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

This book was very triggering and emotionally exhausting but the overall premise was interesting. Maybe not my thing? But I wanted more of an exploration than explicit trauma

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

safiya's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I’ve been putting off reading this for a while, largely because Brandon Taylor is one of my all time favourite tweeters, twitterers..? He does good, lengthy tweets about so many things I love (books, stationary, Autumn, terrible adaptations of classic novels..) that I was concerned this wouldn’t live up to my expectations. 

Luckily it completely did, Real Life is an engrossing, yet discomforting story, exploring the distance we put between ourselves and others, Blackness in academia and feeling lost. Taylor’s writing is incredibly confident, yet tender; I so often felt the weight of main character Wallace’s struggles and the things he left unsaid.

I’m so happy that I finally read this, it’s definitely one of my favourites that I’ve read this year. As seems to be a consistent theme of my reading, I’d recommend this to those who like something character driven (where the characters more often than not struggle to communicate and drive things forward).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

ericarobinson's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent