Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine

4 reviews

clairebonney's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Gore, Pedophilia, Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Boot the dog does not die but is injured by a man.

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

thexwalrus's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

my god, every chapter of this was a punch to the gut.

rachel caine somehow manages to write abuse and gaslighting so expertly while not making it overpowering to the point of needing to dnf. the characters i grew to love in stillhouse lake got additional layers of depth in killman creek, and while there are moments that made me want to scream because of mistakes that were made, none of them were ever out of character. the conflicts and struggles the main cast experience throughout the story are all so real.

connor's struggle with seeing his father as a monster while also wanting to believe he was innocent because they had good memories really resonated with me, and at times it felt a little too real. i had to take several breathers to remember that it was all just words on a page and that it wasn't my father causing the feelings. (they were short, minute-long breathers, though, because i needed to know what happened next and didn't want to wait to find out. seriously, i couldn't stop reading once i started.)

the ending is also beautiful and hopeful and the found family the proctors gathered is so strong. it's the perfect ending after 300-ish pages of tense, heavy plot.

tomorrow i'm going to work on the next book and i'm so excited to see what else rachel has in store.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

nakias_hideaway's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, and Pedophilia