Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Hold Me Under by Riley Nash

16 reviews

tragicgloom's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual violence, Dementia, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Classism

devalabra's review

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I'm conflicted....
While I think it was great there are some parts that really don't sit right with me, like REALLY bother me. I think this being categorized as a romance is... misleading?? or maybe just odd??
I knew from the warnings at the beginning that it had abuse in it but this is predominantly a book about abuse and its aftermath, with quite a bizarre "love story" weaved into it(and I put that i quotes because for a lot of the book it just didn't make sense based on their interactions).
I might go back and edit this review in the future if I feel like it but for now I'll just leave it because putting everything into words doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, and Dementia

smileyflowers's review

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

ravenanjell's review

dark emotional slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia and Torture

sabinehunter's review

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

punkrockromance's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Welp. The aaaangst. This book crushed my heart into a million tiny pieces and put it back together again. Did it at times feel a little overwritten? Did I mind? Not one bit. 

And if this has to be the end, maybe that's OK, because this is absolute and forever, no thoughts or words, just us, If love can see us now, it must be ashamed that it has nothing to offer. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Eating disorder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment