Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters

6 reviews

kor_1999's review

dark

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

glendagrbac's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

jordan_tanes's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a pretty good book. The main characters weren't that likable, but you can understand at least a bit how they got to where they were. This book tackled some tough topics compassionately, which I appreciated, including obsession/ losing yourself in someone else. Overall it was a good sapphic thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Body shaming and Sexual assault

thewizardofbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Missing Dead Girls is a story about revenge, love, and trauma. It's about how to deal with the aftermath of a bad choice. The anticipation of what you know is going to happen keeps you on the edge waiting to fall. Trying not to get too attached to the character you know from the first chapter, is going to meet a violent end. 

If you skip the first chapter, this book starts like a messed up summer romance. Both Tillie and Maddison have baggage and past traumas. They become the kind of couple that are both perfect for one another while also being a bomb just waiting to destroy the other. I was left in constant anticipation, waiting for Tillie's past to be revealed and for Maddison to die. Neither character is particularly likeable, but still characters you want to get to know. 

With writing that is at times poetic, with lines that pack a punch, Missing Dead Girls is a story you wont want to stop reading. The kind of story that grows on you bit by bit. That tells you its secrets only for you to question their validity. And that punches you in the gut when the time is right. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

theravengirls's review

mysterious reflective slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia