Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Fecioarele by Alex Michaelides

243 reviews

christinesandor's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Murder, and Gore

carlys_currently_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, and Incest

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Murder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alexkudej's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Violence, Child death, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death and Suicide attempt

ciarrapeck's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Death, and Mental illness

stephmcnutt28's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

If you’re looking for dark academia books, this checks lots of boxes. Cambridge setting. Greek mythology. Shady professors. It’s all there. Unfortunately, that’s what carried this book along. 

Characters: To be honest, the characters fell flat for me. Obviously the each had flaws, and there was an attempt to make those flaws a part of the story, but Mariana came off as whiny, petulant, and childish instead of tortured and in a healing process. Everything about her actions felt overly exaggerated. 
Plot: the plot was fine until the twist. It felt like nothing really lined up to make the twist seem plausible. It felt more like playing a game with a three year old and partway through the game they change the rules without explanation. The way some of the loose ends were tied up felt hasty and amateur. I just didn’t feel satisfied at the ending. 
I did think it was neat how the author tied into The Silent Patient.  
Overall, this book did not live up to the social media hype for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Mental illness

vibingandy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

rosereadsalot's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Violence, Death, Stalking, Infidelity, and Blood

regent_ace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

Actual Rating: 2.5 stars


I enjoyed the atmosphere of it and I liked the main character a lot and sympathized with her.
I thought the red herring in the book got repetitive after a while and I really disliked the twist at the end. I felt the ending left a bad taste in my mouth (metaphorically)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking

hey_leec's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Violence, Animal death, and Stalking