Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill

9 reviews

aparker89's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Bullying, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Mental illness

sylvestra's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Cancer, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Pedophilia

dpsmom's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

More geared like Lovecraft horror than Stephen King horror. Weird and a bit uncomfortable in spots. Not an overly complex read, making it quick to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Grief

amber_lyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

At some points in this book I had to put it down and just stare at nothing for a second.

This book caught me by surprise. A monster is haunting a family for generations and each person has a very different reaction to the monster. This was much more about the psychology of each member of the family and the dynamic between each of them. I think this book has a little bit of everything. I’m definitely planning on reading it again to get the things I missed the first round.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gore, and Pedophilia

valent1ne's review

4.0

ending wasn’t my fav but monster noah i love u

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Cancer, and Pedophilia

Minor: Hate crime

zedihunter's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, and Cancer

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

gfrankensteinem's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I really liked this book and the writing. However, DEFINITELY check out the content warnings section. There's a lot to be cautious of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

anitra2319's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Abortion, Incest, and Kidnapping

hauntedtesty's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

0.5

Can't recommend. This is possibly the first book that triggered my eczema from rage, which is somewhat impressive. 
Avoid if you have CSA triggers, because the monster grooming a child to the point of a romantic relationship at the age of 16 onwards (shout out to the monster turning into a hot red head for this) was something I read warily, waiting for the endpoint. And then the endpoint is the character remaining in that relationship, with tacit approval from the author? Between this and another young girl being blamed for being in a relationship with her teacher (acting like she's stroppy and unreasonable etc), I saw a theme I hated.

As this was a lovecraftian inspired tale (taken from an interview), I could see the glimmer of a novel where the tragedy and horror is that characters are trapped by terrible decisions, with monsters siphoning the fear and a more clearer 'oh god, its literally groomed a child for sex'.
I will say that the haunted house aspect of the room shifts was good? As it is, avoid. avoid. avoid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship