Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Girl A by Abigail Dean

9 reviews

goatsrsexy's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a very heavy book. I read a lot of stories about trauma that don't really bother me on an emotional level, but this one definitely got me more than others, so I would read with caution. It was well written and interesting, but I found myself wanting a bit more from it than what I got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child death

annabulkowski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual violence

silene's review against another edition

The writing is deliberately confusing and the plot is thin. The mystery is what exactly happened to the kids. When I realized I was skimming and actually looked up discussions to see if questions were ever answered (to find they weren’t or were deliberately vague), I accepted that the most interesting part of the book is the child abuse, so I gave up. This had been my second attempt to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death

abetke89's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

roselouisa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jodielk93's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

booknerdnative's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

going_full_witch's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Infertility, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Confinement

onkenzisshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

As messed up as it may be, kidnapping/cults is one of my favorite thriller tropes, so I was STOKED when this was a BOTM choice. Unfortunately, it really disappointed me. 

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙:
😱The character descriptions and development was beautiful. 
😱There was a good twist at the end that I did not see coming.
😱I really liked the relationship between Lex and Evie. 
😱I appreciated how we got glimpses of the past and the present.
😱The mom FASCINATED me. 

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝘿𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙊𝙛:
😱I wanted a better picture of the house and the struggles these people endured. I felt like it was super surface level and didn't live up to the true "House of Horrors" name.
😱I needed more about what happened with Ethan and Noah. Ethan freaked me out. 
😱I wanted more about their lives after escaping. 
😱The jumping of timelines was confusing at times. 
😱Overall, I just wanted more. 

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙄𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙:
😱 The Family Upstairs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence