Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The North Water by Ian McGuire

10 reviews

underdog's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

samlynne73's review against another edition

adventurous dark

4.0

Patrick Sumner babygirl I would die for you. 

Fantastic book, but double check content warnings before reading. It's VERY heavy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

bersblue's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism

kastionsol's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Colonisation, and Racism

laura_jayne's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Pedophilia, and Torture

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

cmitchell's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, and Violence

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Outing

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