Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Kill Creek by Scott Thomas

26 reviews

dadoodoflow's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A fast and fun horror read. I have some issues with the near one-note female lead  (maybe based on Kath Acker?) and some predictability (maybe from knowing the conventions so well though) but in no way lessened my enjoyment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

dannybrown59's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was the perfect book to kick off my Halloween reads. The first haunted house book I've read and it actually scared me. This did move slow through the beginning but I really enjoyed the backstory. Honestly I don't have a lot of complaints about this besides that. I just really loved this book and the ending was perfect. Not what I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer

markedwithanm's review

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Car accident, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

emilyhopefisher's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

kelligrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, and Murder

marstz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

Whoever gave Scott Thomas the idea that he could right should go to jail, that was on god one of the worst books I have ever tried to slog my way through. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they write and if this book is any indication then Scott Thomas spent the majority of his time jerking off to his sexist caricatures. I sincerely hope Scott doesn’t have any young women in his life bc it’s pretty clear he doesn’t see anything wrong with ogling them and treating them like pieces of meat. And that’s not ignoring the fatphobic character in his book either! It’s clear Scott thinks himself to be a good writer and Scott, I’m sorry to let you know but you’re not. You’re not even close. If I could ignore the laughable characters the writing was horrendous and boring. I had to stop a couple times bc it was clear you held yourself as a great writer, and the secondhand embarrassment from that knowledge was too much. This book made me so mad, that’s ten bucks I’ll never get back.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship