Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

In the Woods by Tana French

32 reviews

taebereading's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape

donereadthat's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault

cfarron's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

liz_anderson's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark sad slow-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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I did not like the narrator at all, and not in a good way. The plot was overshadowed by his whining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder

reedcodes's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

crosberg's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt

mugs_it_is's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Murder

craiglister's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Book Rating: 7/10

I’m going to do something I don't often do and have some spoilers in this review. Because I feel I can't convey everything I want to say about this book without going into spoiler territory. 

I enjoyed this book a lot. I like the first-person narrative the author went with and wished more writers did that more often. While I saw the true culprit coming from a mile away, I, however, enjoyed the journey to the reveal. I loved Rob and Cassie as characters. They played well together until

they slept with each other, and this is where it started to fall apart for me. Their friendship/partnership just disintegrated in a matter of minutes after the deed. If Rob slept with Cassie and moved on to the next conquest, it would have been more tolerable than what we got. Instead, Rob becomes a petulant child and stops talking and starts acting unprofessionally towards Cassie like she committed some unspoken crime between the two. Then the book starts getting more and more depressing. The banter between the characters evaporates, and Rob pretty much goes on strike. Why? God knows. I like damaged characters. They make for better reading. But this guy isn't just damaged. He's utterly broken, and for the life of me, I don't see how he was able to get on the murder squad as he barely functions as a police officer or a human being, for that matter. So as you can see, it upset me that the author went down this path. He even states near the end; no one could have predicted Rosalind being a psychopath. But like I said, it was pretty obvious she had something to do with her sister's death. I think you would need to be a total idiot not to see that Rosalind wasn't an ordinary girl. Cassie ending up with Sam also made zero sense to me since she shown zero interest in him until we find out they're engaged.

I don't think I would read book two if Rob were the main character, but thankfully, I've been told each book has a different character as the main protagonist. This means I will now read book two at some point.

However, the fact we never truly got any resolution towards Peter and Jamie’s disappearance still bothers me. I understand in real life, you don't always get all the answers to all the questions, but since we more than likely wont see Rob again, it leaves me wondering why not wrap that up since you wrapped up everything else?

TL:DR Enjoyable read mostly. Well written. The plot twist was quite evident. Characters are likeable until something happens between the two. The ending was a tad unsatisfying. It's worth the read, and I will be picking up book two at some point.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion

eligru's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

howl's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i found this book really engaging. the descriptions were much more detailed than i had expected and they slowed down the pace, but i couldn’t mind much given what a vivid picture they imparted. there were some genuinely eerie moments too, mostly from cassie’s accounts of her past. i think the interpersonal relationships were the book’s strongest point, and as far as the ongoing investigation went, some clues were really obvious and yet sailed right over the detectives’ heads until much later…guess the author wanted us to feel smart! overall it reminded me a lot of sharp objects, another favorite eerie psychological thriller slash murder mystery. spoilers ahead:

the ending really frazzled me but…it WAS thought-provoking. ultimately i think i prefer the lack of resolution to an unsatisfactory one, and the book provides so many odd little moments that lend themselves to theorizing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Minor: Police brutality