Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

10 reviews

melissafelicia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The characters aren't very unique and some parts of the story were predictable, but it was still a very fun read. The plot was exciting to follow and after this ending, I will definitely continue this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual assault

Minor: Xenophobia and Rape

moonysims's review

Victim blaming and sexism that made me super uncomfy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

keclark81's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Racial slurs and Colonisation

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

There are a few toxic troupes involving relationships and jealous, but it still an entertaining read with a better love story than “Twilight.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Death of parent, Racism, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Drug use

There is also political corruption, decomposition of the body, drugging drinks in an attempt to commit assault, and death of both grandparents.

nieva098's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Death

leazzz's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

2.5

Pro's: I liked the use of vampire lore, not my favourite iteration but solid
Con's: From page one it felt like rough Spike and Buffy fanfic. 
The plot and the characters all felt underdeveloped
The romance didn't build believably, and the dialogue was painful at times, especially  the awful British slang from Bones
Catherine irritated me so much with her hypocritical slut shaming, and the relationship with her mother was just infuriating

The plot had potential, but I really don't like the incorporation of the government and working for the FBI, with so much weird American frothing for the military  thrown in. Then the choice to leave Bones to protect him, it felt like the first 75% of the book was going in one direction, then a 180.

 
I won't be continuing, disappointing since I wanted to like this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Minor: Cultural appropriation

julie_kcwbc's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

I found Cat's character development really disjointed. She would act really immature in one scene then very mature in the next. I'm invested and curious enough to keep reading the next in the series. There are a lot of plot threads in this book that I want to see where they go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

I don’t know if this book is just a product of it’s time (2007) or if my reading habits are changing again. But it feels like this book waffles back and forth from being bland and uninteresting to 🔥 with the all the banter. At this point I don’t think the banter is gonna save this book for me. 😩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

maryjanewatson's review

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Death

velocireader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

Minor: Sexual assault