Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

4 reviews

aloy's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child death, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Murder, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Drug use, Classism, Grief, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

jagoda_readsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

This was delightfully creepy and I definitely loved the vibe! The strong misogynistic themes (due to the time it's set in) were sometimes hard to swallow, but it added a lot of authenticity to the book.

Sadly it was a bit predictable and I figured out the "twist" very early on, but it didn't change my overall excitement about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual violence

arareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

j_squaredd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual violence