Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Kill For Me Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

12 reviews

jordynjohnson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

So I really did like this book. It was super twisty and I didn’t really predict many of the twists

(especially Billy being Ruth’s attacker)

but there were some parts of the plot that didn’t really make sense to me and seemed a little unrealistic and at times it did get a little confusing.

Probably the most unrealistic thing was Billy getting his contacts in and out so easily 🙈

Overall though it was a really good thriller! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

jrosebartoli415's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Suicide

noelliem's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Child death

hey_abijo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

Women reeling from severe loss and trauma take us along for the ride on their hunt for vengeance. The story is based on this premise: two women, connected only by their shared suffering and constant grief, agree to swap murders— but their plans go haywire. Multiple engaging POVs, some clichès and predictability, moderate suspense, and many plot twists. Author Steve Cavanagh knows how to write suspense and mystery, but his skills are less aptly applied in matters of artful detail, emotion, sensitivity, and tact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Gun violence

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

The author is not sensitive in his relaying of details that are highly uncomfortable and triggering. Mentions of kidnapping, rape, child sexual abuse, pedophilia, stalking, violent attacks, and murder are blunt and recurring.

honey_coated_chapters's review against another edition

5.0

°:. *₊ ° . ° .•
𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4/5
𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔: 352
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: mystery/crime 
𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆: revenge plots served extra hot and loose ends. 
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This hooked me in from the first chapter. There’s alternating POVs per chapter (3-4 POVs in total) and each one ended on a cliffhanger that just had me at the edge of my seat. The twists and connections are honestly riveting, this author may be up there with Alice Feeney for best twists. But, I also didn’t totally mind it because the story was still put together neatly. The “swapping murders” premise was such a thrilling concept, I know it’s not entirely original but the execution was near perfect. The way our characters describe their thought process along with their motives, it honestly hard to put down. I liked the detail that went in to each of their chapters, it’s not totally gory but there is descriptions of crime scenes that provide just enough information to give you some chills but not too much to where you’re turned off entirely. There’s a crime aspect that I appreciated while we were able to see how another character (detective) makes his connections. I will say that I had to suspend my belief just a little bit — some parts are over the top, I didn’t mind but it’s worth mentioning if you like your thrillers true to life. Aside from that, 4 stars is just for my own selfishness because we don’t get answers! We don’t know why certain ~things~ happened. 
🧸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alimdaniels's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, and Child death

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

I haven't read Strangers on a Train (but I will) or seen the movie, but knowing the concept is enough to enjoy this author's homage. It was fun to watch the different storylines come together. I love it when I don't guess the twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Stalking, Medical trauma, Death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

kaydot's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

curiousqueenb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

the_boozy_baking_bibliophile's review against another edition

5.0

What did I just read? A plot like so twisted and wild that I had stop and re-read what just happened as the big finale. What I thought was going to happen didn’t. Everything shifted and I am blown away completely by this book. 

Think Strangers on a Train - two complete strangers meet and both have someone they’d like to kill but can’t because they would be the obvious suspect. So obviously they agree to murder for each other. 

Except this one is WAY more than just that - I don’t even know how to review it except that it shows that monsters can be anywhere and everywhere and can be created at any time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death