Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

8 reviews

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

orizenda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

The way that Kolesnik writes about sexual abuse and the trauma that follows is really remarkable. I hope someday she will release this book again and write again, because she’s so talented.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury

holbeckghyll's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Incest, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Torture, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

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

ellieintherye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

3.0

 
Extremely disturbing. It was a page turner, but pretty nasty the whole way through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Animal death

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

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