Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson

2 reviews

ysabear's review

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

3.0

It's giving Hallmark crime movie. Characters liked to name drop obscure historic references almost in an uncanny valley way. Slow to start but ramps up during the second half. I also read this for book club and thought it was quite an obscure pick. The audiobook narration is top-notch though, performed by three different actresses for the three main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Abortion, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying

Sapphic witches across generations do blood rituals to get revenge or get some sort of freedom from patriarchy

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Abortion, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Grief, Body horror, War, Rape, and Incest