Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

12 reviews

lunababybat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It was good, fine. But it felt like something was missing. To me, at least, it wasn't really splatterpunk. It was disturbing at first, but once the two siblings set off, it really didn't do much aside from a lot of introspection. Which is fine, but not what I was looking for in an extreme horror book. I can tell the author was trying to convey a message, but I'm not sure what it was by the end. Writing itself was fine, more character driven than anything, but it just was missing something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

neverbpractical's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

zkoch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

bowlingforboots's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

slintangel's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

0.25

sometimes the answer is to stop writing weird fetishy trauma porn. half of the book is just suzy getting oggled at, being threatened with sexual assault or listening to tyrades about women being worthless. it's boring once you get over the shock factor and how poorly it's used.

every character other than the main two is innocent and dumb and trusting as opposed to our eternal edgelord who not a barbie, but someone you'd find at the thrift store (actual quote). a woman stops her car in the middle of the night because the plot needed to advance and was poorly excused with "women are not taught to trust their own gut". please...

animals are constantly dying which also gets exhausting and boring. theres a huge time skip of about two years right when things get mildly interesting and then boom. it's just weird misogynistic plotlines and more animal murder. the ending is incredibly lackluster and with the way this girl has been behaving its VERY hard for me to believe no one thought anything was wrong with her and tried to put her in some form of psychiatric care. you're really not as slick and smart as your thought process seems to think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Car accident

winsomefish's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Trafficking

heathersbooks100's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

megandherbook's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Body shaming, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility

abbiewhitehead's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Animal death, Child abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Kidnapping

sylvestra's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, and Alcohol