My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna Van Veen
Book
Historical
Horror
Literary Fiction
Romance
Survival and Horror
Book
Historical
Horror
Literary Fiction
Romance
Survival and Horror
Updated: 8 October 2025
| No rape or sexual assault | |
| Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied) | |
| Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing) | |
| Sexual relationship between adult and teenager | |
| Child sexual abuse | |
| Incest | |
| Attempted rape | |
| Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after) | |
| Detailed/vivid description of rape |
Description
The female protagonist makes repeated oblique references to "what happened" with an older man who raped her when she was 17. She tells the story in chapter 25, focusing on her psychological experience and how she fought him off.
Her caregiver deliberately positioned her as a Lolita-type sexualized object when she was a child and teen. She suffers trauma from these various experiences.
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