Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

3 reviews

kadtide's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

It's trying to be And Then There Were None, pretty explicitly, and I think it does an okay job of that. But I didn't really like it. The twist makes sense (although the epilogue didn't and that annoyed me). It was hard to care about any of the characters because they didn't have a ton of depth, and it felt like a lot of the book was just not having the information to know what was going on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Dementia, and Panic attacks/disorders

typedtruths's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.25

1.25 ★

i'm offended on agatha christie's behalf

 ▷ Representation: Arthur (mc) is gay; Sam (mc) is Jamaican; Jessica (mc) is mixed race, Vietnamese & Black (adopted by a white family with limited knowledge of her heritage).

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Misogyny, Stalking, Grief, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident, Sexual assault, Racism, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

➸ Trigger warnings for misogyny, racism mentioned, ableism (r slur, on-page), sexual assault mentioned (groping), child abuse and neglect recounted including a mention of child sexual assault, spousal abandonment, abusive relationship (scs), cheating, sex work (on-page), familial estrangement mentioned, alcohol consumption (on-page), alcohol abuse (implied), recreational drug use (on-page), chronic leg injury, grief and loss depiction, death of a girlfriend from oxycontin overdose mentioned, death of a husband and a pet dog in a car accident recounted, death of a sister from drowning recounted, murder by drowning, murder by gun violence, murder by poisoning, stalking, and animal dead body mentioned (seagull).

kris386's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Drug use, Sexual content, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia