Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

43 reviews

shasta2292's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

The additional of songs to listen along to scenes is brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, and Sexual violence

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

meeeeegggggg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A

4.0

Entertaining read. Easily digestible. Nice fun read that holds your attention the whole time 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

amyrae64's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

mlouise2974's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lillyrb's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

I need to give this the same disclaimer as I did the first one - this book was not written for me. I’m not the target audience, I read the first one without preparation and finished it because I was curious. I ended up enjoying this one more than the first (probably because the start of book 1 made me so unbelievably uncomfortable). The relationship between Cole and Mara is undeniably fascinating in its codependency and brutality. The plot was quite good too. It is a very twisted boom with heaps of trigger warnings but it is well written and in this case the acts of violence that are described in detail are kind of less awful because while reading the book, Cole manages to also manipulate the reader to some extent believe the acts are justified (even though they are obviously not). The book does a very good job at manipulating the reader even though you know you are being manipulated. You have to like this kind of stuff but if you do, it’s definitely worth the read and the second book is in my opinion less horrifying to read (specifically as a woman who really does not enjoy reading about any kind of violence by men against women).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Child abuse

brittneydye19's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

thebookishlibra_'s review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Torture

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcohol

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, and Stalking