Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

9 reviews

rcarri264's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

litliz's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Trafficking, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Confinement, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Ableism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

fatherofmysteries's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Captures the feel of Holmes, true to the characters, but with the darker, hidden side at the forefront. Not afraid to rip off the bandaid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death, Murder, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Rape

ashleyadkins001's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

megmro's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Horowitz does a masterful job capturing the very essence of Sherlock Holmes in this new mystery. Just absolutely brilliant writing. 

That said, the subject matter takes a dark turn. It starts with the grisly murder of a child, then a second, and then the reveal (when they solve the case) is hugely disturbing. Definitely left me with a pit in my stomach, and I can’t say I’d recommend it, despite the fine writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse

elzmri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

Horowitz portrays Holmes and Watson brilliantly, and I really like his writing style. However the content of the crimes that they were investigating, which were revealed towards the end, was really difficult to read and I wish I had seen the content trigger warnings beforehand. As a review on the front cover notes, Horowitz certainly does explore the “capital’s dark underbelly [more] than Conan Doyle ever did”, but I found this to be a bit too triggering and shocking for me and I was close to having to put the book down, but I tried and managed to read it to the end. Nevertheless, I hope for Horowitz to write more Holmes pastiches in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Rape

kypn's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

norwegianforestreader's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, and Child death