Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

34 reviews

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Drug use and Dementia

amberinbookland's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Infidelity

micaelamariem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

We all know by now I’m not the biggest thriller fan but I have actually liked a few in the past year! This, unfortunately, was not it. The main thing was I found it so predictable—and I’m normally never right about these things whereas here I called all the twists. Plus there is a lot of SA in the book which I suppose added to it, but it started to get too detailed for me and could be very triggering for other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hellokatya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

i absolutely loved this book and was completely engrossed. it was so difficult to put down and gave me a few day’s worth of lost sleep. i highly Highly recommend this book. i definitely saw (one of the bigger) plot twists a while before, but that is no where near a complaint; the author was so fantastic at leaving breadcrumbs so that it was extremely satisfying to find out you were right. 
my only gripes are:
1. 

I wish the elsie reveal had happened earlier or been longer. especially the aftermath, very much told rather than shown; but i was very glad to have had closure on that and it made complete sense.

2.

the confrontation with ruby shouldve also been longer. it had been 25 years and she had so much pent up rage, how did it go so quickly? i guess to an extent she wanted it to be over with and didn’t want to stoop to her mother’s level, but it would’ve made for a better send off.

overall, had it not been for those two preferences, this book is a 5/5. absolutely enthralling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

ambersbooksandbakes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

eaeaster's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

edgaranjapoe's review

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Really well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

I’m not sure if I would’ve picked it up if I had known about the pedophilia beforehand, but I really liked this book. While it is mentioned, the details weren’t explicit so I was able to get through those scenes.

frantically's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Wayyy too many flashbacks for me to get immersed into the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt