Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The North Water by Ian McGuire

4 reviews

libeccio's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Medical content

hojichad's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Reads like a script.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Racial slurs

samster's review against another edition

I'm sorry, I found the graphic first chapter far too unpleasant. I'm not usually squeamish, this is the second book I remember finding this unpleasant (though for different reasons) & I forced myself to finish the last one, and regretted it. So, I'm stopping this one here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Content warning not on the list for necrophilia.

kissmyash0600's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a brutal and difficult story to get through. I also feel like it lost momentum partway through. Given the time period, be aware of racism of antisemitism in the story. None of the characters were particularly interesting and I feel like there wasn’t much development that made me prefer any character over another. There was one character worth hating, which was very clear, but other than that, the characters were pretty blah. It seems like this wanted to be a story of hardship and survival during the whaling trade, but it just didn’t fully work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia, Excrement, Drug abuse, and Murder