Reviews with content warning for Pedophilia - True Crime

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True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

18 reviews

xxlua's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective fast-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

a difficult, but perhaps honest look at the cycle of abuse and general trauma

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koopykake's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

This was an incredible read. I think about it all the time and it’s been years since I first experienced
it. It’s a shame taken a step back from the public eye but she’s incredibly talented and I hope she can someday safely and comfortably come back to it.

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cheesewizard's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad fast-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lunababybat's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-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

I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It was good, fine. But it felt like something was missing. To me, at least, it wasn't really splatterpunk. It was disturbing at first, but once the two siblings set off, it really didn't do much aside from a lot of introspection. Which is fine, but not what I was looking for in an extreme horror book. I can tell the author was trying to convey a message, but I'm not sure what it was by the end. Writing itself was fine, more character driven than anything, but it just was missing something.

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neverbpractical's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad 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

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zkoch's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bowlingforboots's review against another edition

3.0

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ashmont27's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think this book tried to explore some interesting themes (power, femininity, what I means to be good/bad), but it spent more time trying to be graphic and upsetting than actually saying anything interesting. You can explore these themes without being incredibly exploitative just for shock value. I love a gruesom tale, but its gotta have more of a point than this. I'm certainly not gonna forget it, but not in a good way.

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