Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

23 reviews

meghanm404's review

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Infidelity

theonlybaillie's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

The pacing was so off on this one for me. I was bored the entire book and then drawn in the last 50 or so pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Vomit

amberlfaris's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

nrogers_1030's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Grief, Toxic friendship, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Drug use, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism and Gore

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Sexual content

danajoy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Probably would've been 5 star if I didnt have to put it down in the middle of the climax.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

blueeyedshook's review

4.0

Well that was delicious. Definitely my favorite of Rachel Hawkins thus far. The characters were perfectly flawed without absolutely despising them. And that can be difficult to do. Dare I say, it had low key Verity vibes. Nothing near as wild or crazy, and it wasn’t a “romance” at all—if you can call Verity that. But as far as the plot and the book of Mari’s and Emily reading it. And the TWIST at the end. I could have done without the Mari/Pierce/Noel  part (if you know, you know). But I thought the Emily and Chess relationship was so relatable to long term friendship dynamics so often turning sour (minus the huge fame). Great audio narration. All in all fantastic book with language and sex warnings).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content and Infertility

Minor: Child death

Threesome scene but no graphic detail, lots of language including the c word

bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

snoozayreads25's review

dark mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

I thought the book started off pretty slow, but about halfway through it picked up and I had a hard time putting it down! A few good twists, overall I enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual content

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Gore, Drug use, Violence, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Yay! Rachel Hawkins is back. Usually when I read a novel that has past and present timelines, I enjoy one timeline far more than the other. With this novel, I found myself happy with both. I felt this leaned more on the mystery side than her usual genre of thriller.
Both of the main characters, Mari and Emily, are equally brilliant. There is moderate sexual content. Moderate mention of recreational drugs. Side note: The transcript of the true crime podcast is hilariously accurate. Hawkins was spot on with the tone for podcast listeners. Millennials behind the microphone all day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Child death, Grief, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity