Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All the Little Raindrops by Mia Sheridan

34 reviews

astoriareader's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.0

SYNOPSIS

• Two seniors in high school, Noelle & Evan, have been kidnapped. They are locked in cages, and they are part of a sadistic game. It also turns out that Noelle & Evan know each other, and their families don’t have the best past. This portion covers about the first third of the book.
• After they get out, some time passes in the book, and they reunite to try to figure out who was behind it all.

MY THOUGHTS

• This was actually pretty bad. I wouldn’t call it a psychological thriller. It fits more in horror genre mixed with romance.
• Definitely check out trigger warnings because this book is A LOT. 
• If you’re into gratuitous violence & torture, this one may be for you. That’s not my thing, so I didn’t enjoy it.
• There isn’t much character development either. Characters felt very one-dimensional. Overall, the whole book fell flat for me. Not a satisfying ending. The romance between Noelle & Evan is just weird & based on trauma they went through together.
• So many tropes & cliches in this one. 
• About 99% of the plot is completely unbelievable.
• I also have a personal pet peeve with how many times the author used the phrase “took her virginity” re: Noelle. Virginity is a social construct. I mean, JFC, can we please stop using this phrase in 2024, particularly in reference to a teenage trafficking victim being raped?! 

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️skip it, unless you’re into gratuitous violence & misogynistic writing.

Thanks to Montlake and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book is out now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Misogyny, Trafficking, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism and Pregnancy

bookishwithhou's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Trafficking, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, Murder, Confinement, and Pedophilia

mghope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, and Trafficking

t_aylorr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Torture, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, and Trafficking

kaitlynhorton116's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault

charityconzone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

This book definitely has trigger warnings-be prepared and look into what they are before reading. But the twists were worth getting through the first 25% of the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Torture, Trafficking, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Bullying, Classism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexual content, Murder, and Stalking

yazzy_annalise's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

I got this book as an Amazon kindle freebie. I am glad I got this book, I don't read too many mystery thrillers, so it was a nice change of pace. I feel pretty neutral about this book. I liked how the author, for a very small moment, made me doubt myself and think the wrong answer was the right one, but it would have been a very silly/trite book if that was true. I really loved that this author didn't try to pull some big bait and switch on who the culprits are, it was a natural flow and if you figured it out it still was a surprise when it all came together. I'm really tired of that sudden change as if the audience isn't supposed to figure the mystery out in popular media now. It is gory at times, but that is the nature of the plot. 

However, I will say that the story was a lot more compelling up until they

were together for two weeks and especially on the overnight trip during those two weeks. I didn't find their romance very compelling either. I still very much wonder if their trauma bond played a huge role in it and think they should do so much more counseling to figure out if their love is something that is safe and healthy for each other.

I think the process of the climax was a little rushed and could have been more realistically spread out. I understand why there was some action surrounding their relationship, but the relationship also felt forced at times. 

Overall, I recommend this book for someone looking for a mystery thriller that you don't have to be invested in. It does have some gory sections, but it is also sweet in other ways. I think it is a good reset read if you're in a slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Torture, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

mariapatrickwrites's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Torture, and Murder

ebeehead's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

It felt way too rushed towards the end. Like the author had a deadline. The organization falling the way that it did felt so quick and didn’t feel like a good revenge for the actual awful things they’ve done to innocent people. Honestly? Noelle and Evan should’ve been able to confront his dad at some point but that never happened. 
The chapters with Cedro and Grim would’ve been better if we had another few chapters and better ending for them aside from a quick mention that they’ll be okay-.-
I knew The Collector was the therapist the moment he was introduced and I would’ve liked a more intense unmasking than what we got. All of the answers as to why they were selected to be caged felt like a soap opera. 
I was really looking forward to reading this, but I will give it three stars, and probably not go back to it again.

Edit: changed my mind I’m going to 2 stars because I looked at my notes to see what I forgot to add and it’s this: why did you include these poor teenagers getting ‘r-worded’ and the best justice they get is getting to watch these monsters get poisoned by someone else? 

It also didn’t make sense to me that they both are assaulted yet they figure it’s okay to have sex as soon as they’re in a hotel room together to cope with the fact that they were assaulted and THEN she gets a ‘r-word’ kit done? 

Overall these 2 hardly had chemistry except the fact that they trauma bonded. They avoided each other like the plague before they were kidnapped and avoided each other again for 7 years but there was nothing else that shows their love for each other especially since they hardly knew anything about the other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Trafficking

reginann's review against another edition

Sexual Assault Description 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Confinement