Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

17 reviews

ashleynewman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Audio version was entertaining with the podcast element. Extremely dark/heavy subject matter but I never guessed the ending, which is rare and a big plus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness

armstrongangela83's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Pedophilia, and Domestic abuse

rebeccahensley's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

alicialoebl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Keeps you building towards the end reveal, I really liked the shifting perspective and original concept 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Car accident

eeeva's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

soppysays's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

alylentz's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I don't really get the hype with this book. It's having important conversations and making good points, but I was really not turning the pages the way I would expect from a thriller or an author people seem to love so much. I felt no real connection with Rachel, the narrator, and as such found myself having a hard time getting emotionally connected to the other characters or even the story being told. There were also just a lot of little nitpicky issues I had--the podcast element wasn't really for me, and I didn't really buy into Rachel on a professional level. For example, she's constantly ducking out of court to investigate the other case or leaving early, but everyone is so into how thorough her podcast is and she's smashing the ratings? After about the 50% mark, I was just reading it to be done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pedophilia