Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Girl A by Abigail Dean

12 reviews

entropydoc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, and Child death

carmencolette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Addiction, Violence, Suicide, Torture, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Child death, and Child abuse

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

talimirek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.0

The story is told from the perspective of Girl A - the eldest daughter who escaped the House of Horrors and freed her siblings. The New York lawyer (Girl A) has been made executor of her Mother’s will and must visit her siblings and return to her childhood to move forward with her life. I don’t want to give too much away as I believe it is more satisfying to just read and discover for yourself. Through the constant flashbacks which can at first be confusing, the childhood abuse and the aftermath of the psychological trauma are very carefully represented. It is an incredibly intense and disturbing book which I finished in just two sessions as I couldn’t peel myself away. There is well crafted and deeply layered characterisation which shows how complex each character is and the unusual sibling dynamics are made clearer as more secrets are revealed. The author intended this book to be more about hope rather than ‘did they get out or not?’ which it has an excellent representation of even more so after the last chapter which admittedly crushed my soul. I recommend checking the TW’s if you feel the content could be triggering. A very dark, twisted and emotional book that is not for the lighthearted readers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Rape, Child death, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Death of parent

maddietsteele's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

1.5

Oof. This was a tough read. Very heavy topic (child abuse, trauma.) Really quickly, this book proved to be too heavy for me. I had hoped that it would discuss how each child grew up and the impacts of such trauma on each character, but the writing didn’t probe into the characters enough to say anything profound on this front. If you are into Biblical references that tie into character and plot, this book might prove interesting to you. Otherwise, I would not recommend this book. It’s not a thriller nor a mystery; it’s just a sad and hard book to read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

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

joannakarenina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Sexual violence

libraryluna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death and Rape

dorianlecter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

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