Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

20 reviews

ksloma's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Physical abuse

meowster's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

Very dark but not good. It feels like it was just written to be a violent book but not interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

makaylaagomez's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

So nauseating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Violence

babydog420's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

A deeply cynical book about how the world breaks and remakes us, and what we think we deserve as a result. A fun read but one that left me wanting something more. Definitely recommend checking trigger warnings if that's something you do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

saldre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

gochasingrabbits's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, and Murder

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is incredibly short and long at the same time. It's a story of abuse, rape and pain. The main character Suzy felt real in her struggle, not made up by someone in their cozy room at home. Beautiful and raw, wow. 

But..at the end I wasn't really connected to the story because the amount of violence constantly threw me off, it seemed more like a shiny accessory to the plot. Honestly, we could've gotten to the point of the story without half of it. Also...the marketing of this book? Why portray it as a true crime story? Doesn't make sense to me.

Not a bad book, probably just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

sarabook's review against another edition

Gratuitous animal cruelty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, and Alcoholism

tormerritt's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I felt the beginning of the book was great and it hooked me from the first page, but it became boring toward the middle and end. It felt disjointed and sort of rushed near the end, and also very predictable. I felt the author could have added more details. The start was strong, but the end lacked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping

cheesedance's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, and Sexual assault