Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

When She Was Good by Michael Robotham

16 reviews

jodar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I was ready for a lighter novel, and this one fit the bill nicely. It’s a good crime thriller and page-turner. I haven’t read the first novel in the series, but I found the novel worked well as a standalone. The back story was integrated well into the plot, telling me what I needed to know.

The storyline is complex but well put together and paced. The main characters are well-developed and engaging with realistic interactions and dialogue. The characters’ actions are believable – savvy but not perfect, which all adds to the tension of whether the conspiring evildoers will succeed in covering their tracks. On the other hand, the conspiracy of rich men felt a bit clichéd.

As the CWs indicate, there is a great deal of nasty elements to the story, though none are handled overly graphically or gratuitously. Also CW of extramarital sex.

It is what it is, though: an “airport read” without much profound to ponder on once the book was finished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Rape, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, and Self harm

Minor: Medical trauma and Suicidal thoughts

samantha7815's review

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

dawnstrickland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

teeni1113's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, and Murder

rochlay24's review

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

brit7930's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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: Child abuse and Pedophilia

Moderate: Murder and Child death

coni_booklover's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

Minor: Violence, Medical content, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, and Self harm

thenovelmaura's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm unfortunately writing this review too late to give it the detail it deserves... I read this book in August and I don't remember much besides the fact that I enjoyed it! I'm really surprised to see that this is the second book in a series, because I haven't read the first one and I didn't have any issues following along with Evie's story. Police procedurals aren't my favorite, but the psychological aspects of this one were really compelling. On the other hand, I wasn't impressed with some of Robotham's sexist comments; luckily they petered out about halfway through the book. Altogether a fun and twisty read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

sarasbooks's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

a very good sequel to Good Girl Bad Girl ! this book told more about Evie's past & trauma, which was very interesting 
i would love to see a movie/series adaptation 

[Evie likes Elvis? she has taste!!]

some parts were hard to read.. tw: child abuse, rape, pedophilia, torture

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Child abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia