Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

4 reviews

amgbskate26's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Murder, and Sexual violence

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book blew me away. The slow burn killed me & I was really ready for the ultimate disappointment at the end but it definitely held up. I feel like it took forever to get to anything that was really exciting though & more things could have been sprinkled throughout instead of holding it all for the last 30%. Another thing I really struggled with is the flashbacks or more so day dreams, I feel like they could have been better separated because I was so lost at some points that I had to be like what time period are we in & what exactly is going on? Just a space between paragraphs would have been a little helpful instead of just jumping right into things 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Vomit, Sexual content, and Gun violence

kellykeepsreading's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

taelights's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book had so many fun and unexpected twists I absolutely loved it. I had thought I figured it out at about 50% in and had two theories I was really leaning towards and just when I thought one of them was it the last twists slapped me so hard out of nowhere. 

I almost gave this book 4 stars due to me being genuinely shocked by the ending but I have settled on 3.75 because I found the main character often annoying me. I thought a lot of her decisions were very dumb and dangerous plus like I get that she has trauma from her childhood but that doesn't excuse her actions or dangerous and illegal practices when it comes to taking pills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy