Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Julia Whelan, V.E. Schwab

197 reviews

whirl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War

caitlinjadams's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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On some level, this just isn't my book. 

I'm not really interested in the entire "deal with a devil" side of the story and desperation and the deals people would be willing to make is a major major theme of this book.  But it's also a book about what people do with time when it's short and when it's long and that I found compelling, but underdeveloped.  Also underdeveloped but inherently more interesting to me than anything devilish--how a woman survives over time.  In the end, I think I want this to have been two parallel stories--Addie's and Henry's side by side as foils by chance--with more on how the two people lived their circumstances rather than how they lived in spite of or because of the devil.  Can't say I recommend it.  Can't say the hours reading it were a waste.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War

maritareads's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts

avajhall's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

akka2001's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual content

anapthine's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

adellama's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War

silentquercus's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I’d give it 5,000 stars if I could. This is a perfect book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War

Minor: Blood, Fire/Fire injury

jjreads331's review against another edition

1.0

emotional reflective 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: No

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I finished it for book club. I wish I hadn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Death of parent