Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Mélység by Nick Cutter

89 reviews

lexloveslattes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Incest and Sexual assault

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked this author’s writing and the first 100 pages were great. I read some other reviews before leaving mine because a lot of them resonated with how I feel. After the first 100 pages, I was wondering where this was going to go. I really hoped that it would all come together but the ending reminded me of the horrible ending to the show ‘The 100’. I thought this was a horror novel… not science fiction… so I was very disappointed. As I other people have said. The last 100 pages were very unnecessary. Could have left it to the reader’s imagination and I would have liked the book. I honestly don’t know if I’ll read another Nick Cutter book because this one really put me off. It had so much potential but it was wasted which made me frustrated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Abandonment, Child death, Animal death, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Blood, Grief, Gore, Incest, Rape, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

rahrahjay's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Body horror, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault and Murder

dragonstea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

the majority of the book was really good (if not weird, especially when the author referred to the hole caused by the  ambrosia as things like ‘the hungry hungry hole,’ [why?]), but the ending was really disappointing. it just felt like the author didn’t know where to go with it, maybe.

then again,

the book is definitely a “we’re all in hell, bear witness to my guilt and allow me to make a deal with the devil” trope, so maybe that was the only way it could go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Sexual content

snovella's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

kmaddy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

kendrajbean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Not as good as The Troop. Felt too ambitious and overlong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Death, and Body horror

youngloveleroy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

5.0

 I HAVE CHILLS, OK. This book does so many things and does them incredibly well. 5 stars, though I'd give more if I could. Probably the best horror book I've read in a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping and Incest

yearofthesnk's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Masterfully brutal and revolting. He describes violence, body horror, and psychological collapse in incredibly compelling and vivid ways — which made this hard to endure. I took a year-long break partway through after

the dog's torture

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I gave it a high rating because it delivers exceptionally well on what it promises. I have no doubt I'll still think about parts of this years from now.

That being said, the flashbacks can get tedious. I also didn't feel the ending entirely lived up to the harrowing journey through rest of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Incest, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Body horror