Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

43 reviews

amandawhyatt'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Pedophilia

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book started out good, the story building was well done and the main character got fleshed out very quickly, but then it kind of fizzled out pretty quickly in the last 1/3 of the book. I feel like the ending was an easy out seeing as they built almost every character as shady boots, but there was very obviously one who was THEE worst. 

Brandon was a bad guy from the very beginning when we found out he was 27 hooking up/impregnated a high school girl. So, all you reviewers saying "I knew he gave a weird vibe/there was something strange about him from the beginning", uh yeah I sure hope you did seeing as the book opens with him being a PEDOPHILE!

It's also pretty obvious that the stepdad, Tom, needs to be fired immediately for not doing his job correctly AT ALL THE ENTIRE BOOK! He also gave volcano vibes, like he was one bad thing away from totally exploding. And he's a cop. Enough said. 

And lastly, slay Ginny.

Crying score: Heavy topics so yeah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Drug use, Murder, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

cookiemonster0_0's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Moderate: Vomit and Rape

ebony1ouise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Blood, Addiction, Mental illness, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Pedophilia

ashes_book_cave's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Pedophilia, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Alcohol, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

bobbeym's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, Grief, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

nomron's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

I didn't really like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Abortion, Vomit, Drug use, Drug abuse, Car accident, Blood, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, and Gore

elisabeth_li's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Blood, Child death, Pedophilia, Violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Cursing

jiao_li's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

When I first got into the story after reading the blurb, it really caught my attention and made me choose the audiobook for my next read. But as I listened on, the story ended up feeling quite boring and kinda predictable. 

Usually, in murder mystery books, the main characters are these brilliant minds. However, that wasn't the case with this book. The main character wasn't the smartest, but she was okay and pretty admirable cuz she managed to unfold the mystery in the end. 

I have to say, the writing style was pretty good, it kept me engaged. It had this way of making me curious to keep going with the audiobook, even if the suspense felt a bit lacking. Kara Thomas did make me question who the liar was in the story, and she had me suspecting pretty much everyone. 

The book did throw in some twists toward the end, but I kinda saw them coming. Maybe for someone not steeped in mystery novels, those twists could be a real surprise. 

Overall, the book was okay. The initial idea was brilliant, but it felt like the execution fell short a bit. Still, it's worth a read if you're looking for a different kind of experience!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Murder, and Suicide