Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel

37 reviews

ksuazo94's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, Drug use, Car accident, and Abortion

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

kshertz's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a dark read. The doll babies are the least dark of the whole thing. The two girls have a dark past. They go their separate ways and then reunite. There’s a dark reason that brought them back together again. Much of this book was predictable but there were some big surprises towards the end. If you like mysterious dark psychological thrillers and don’t get mad at a protagonist that keeps missing all the signs, this book will be enjoyable for you!! 🫣

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

larind's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Confinement and Gaslighting

This is a content waring

Forced pregnancy

hortmar's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

3.0

A really compelling and thrilling read, but I was incredibly let down by

the ending. The main character experiences such vast amounts of trauma throughout this book that the twist bad ending just felt cheap.

Sort of made the entire book feel like torture porn in retrospect. Disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Violence

jennifergbenson's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

goodgollymissmollee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

A bit predictable for the majority, but still really creepy. I've read a lot of books that have cults in them at this point, but this one just didn't stand out to me. A fun, but average thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Alcohol, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Abandonment, and Child abuse

bobbiejowoo's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

What in the fuck was the point of the robot dolls? Fuck this book… hard no. And what the fuck was that ending?  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Physical abuse

cossenbeck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Gaslighting

meganrae047's review

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Rape, and Violence