Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

9 reviews

emsavors'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is absolutely incredible! I’m not entirely sure that I find the ending believable, but given how good the rest of the book is - I don’t even care!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Confinement, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Body horror, Blood, Classism, Infertility, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Child abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship

vinkmistb's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

little_lida's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Torture, Stalking, Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

d_audy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A very dark dive into one of the very dark periods of the Soviet Union, loosely inspired by the life of a true Russian serial killer.  The story is relentless and well plotted, the mystery isn't the hardest to puzzle out but it's not the main focus of this psychological thriller that throws a realistic, uncompromising eye on the horrors of WWII and its aftermath in Eastern Europe, and on the paranoia, dehumanization and constant oppression of the last years of the Stalinian regime through the eyes of an officer of the MGB (the precursor of the better known KGB) caught in a spiral of events that may end costing him everything.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Police brutality, War, Child death, Classism, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sas_ram's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Gore, Grief, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Confinement, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

naiu_cs's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Antisemitism, Animal death, and War

katiechasingchapters's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Torture, and Child death

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault

reubend1ca9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Gore, and Torture

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Police brutality, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War