Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

43 reviews

liez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Infidelity, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, and Pedophilia

s_lorenz's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Abortion, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book! Such an incredible thriller! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Murder, Suicide, Pedophilia, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Mass/school shootings

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Car accident, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

nerdybookshelff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Monica is the sister of Jen, one of the five cheerleaders who died five years ago. Ever since then, there have been no more cheerleaders in SunnyBrook. There are 5 families forever scarred from these deaths with constant reminders everywhere. When Monica uncovers that the police might not have caught the right culprit, she goes out of her way to set things right, for her sister and her friends. 

Spoiler <I went into this thinking it would be a typical highschool -murderer-comes-back-again-to-finish-what-they-started situation. However, it is just Monica uncovering the past> I did finish it 24 hours but it fell kind of flat for me unfortunately. I guessed the culprit correct and had a feeling about the last chapter but was surprised about a certain characters involvement in the last chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide

sxrxh_lenx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abortion, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

charlihart's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Sexual content

kitstbr's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Drug use, and Suicide

goodnightngo's review against another edition

3.0

Solid book yet again. I liked the imagery of describing the main character’s surroundings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

gaiadances's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

good compelling mystery and it was well and satisfyingly resolved at the end. i enjoyed the book but it dealt with a lot of heavy subject matter and was quite a difficult and dark read for a YA title 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Murder, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship