Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Furies by Katie Lowe

19 reviews

cosycourtney's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Dark witchy academia meets murder mystery; sign me up. Listening to this on audiobook had me wanting to walk for as long as I could each day. The story was compelling, layered, intense, entertaining and infuriating. I couldn’t tell which friend was worse or if anyone deserved my sympathy. The characterization was so strong; we all know the exact archetype from school and when you’re young you want anything to be friends with her but when you’re older you’re glad you weren’t. This book unpacks the obsessive nature of friendship as a teenager and the commitment to questionable friends people uphold about it all. I found it pleasantly infuriating as I wanted to scream sense into everyone but I was hooked on every word. Thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading more of Katie Lowe’s books in the future! Please consider content warnings before reading x

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, and Drug use

amelianotthepilot's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

dead poets society meets mean girls plus witchy stuff 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

readinkedfairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Sexual assault

Minor: Fatphobia

okaynextcrisis's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.75

not worth the journey.  and it's a looooong journey.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, and Child death

aliciacaitlyn's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Gore, Eating disorder, Car accident, and Body shaming

beereadsbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

ziggi's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

a mediocre mix of The Craft and Thirteen. Too much going on, flat characters, unsure what the point of the story was - to talk about abusive friendship? to explore mysticism and witchcraft? to tell revenge stories? it tried, and failed, to do all at once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

estosnosonlibros's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Grief