Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

17 reviews

aileron's review

mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

jollymama's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.25

There was a theme to this book that was hard to get past. I may have enjoyed it without that theme. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Incest

There's an incestuous sibling relationship

celery's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Classism, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

alidathealien's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The beginning is pretty slow, the middle is just right, and the end moves way too fast. I had honestly forgot this was classified as a thriller until the climactic sequence was something straight out of a horror movie. The last chapter felt very "wrapped up in a bow/let's get this over with" which was a little disappointing.

I still liked it though! It made me want to get back into Latin (if only briefly). I guessed a couple of the twists, but a couple did surprise me! Kinda wish they hadn't copped out with the incest though *shrug emoji*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Incest, Homophobia, Violence, and Sexual assault

silkeisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Suicide, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Lesbophobia and Incest

fluffy1st's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide attempt, Murder, Self harm, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

b_lownds127's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, and Incest

zach_whitaker's review

dark mysterious 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

I absolutely loved this book. Perfect read for these long cold rainy days. The last 3 or 4 pages were absolutely not in character with the rest of the book. Had this not happened it would have been a higher rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Miscarriage, and Self harm

lilifane's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

First of all, I'm so glad I read this book now and not in summer. The setting and atmosphere were perfect for dark, cold winter days. I learned a lot about lakes and how they freeze and about ice and snow and creepy wintry weather phenomenons, and I looooved it! I also really liked the story. I'm a fan of plots consisting of two timelines, a present and a past one, with mysteries that are connected. However, everything about the plot was super predictable. I guessed every single reveal possible far in advance. Most of the time I thought it was more dramatic this way because you saw things coming long before the characters did. Except of the reveal who the villain of the story was. Because this one was SO predictable that I didn't want to believe it and forced myself to find other explanations. Just to be disappointed because it really was the obvious one. At the same time I was furious with the protagonist who was so naive and clueless all the time. 

On the other hand, the details about what happened in the past broke my heart. Just thinking about how a few lies and misunderstandings and assumptions lead to so much death and drama and heartache. Uff. I wanted to cry during the whole ending. 

So this book was far from perfect, but I almost gave it 5 stars just because it made me feel so hard... and because the setting was so special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

miamcmillan's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

this was a bit insane due to the incest plot line and the plot in general tbh. a little bit repetitive and sometimes unintentionally funny, but also managed to keep things tense and atmospheric. thoroughly enjoyed for what it is !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Terminal illness