Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

19 reviews

tabea1409's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Murder, Car accident, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, and Emotional abuse

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

I thought this was good but I liked Daisy Darker better. I love wintry thrillers and thrillers set in confined spaces and it was great for those aspects but the characters grated on me and the twists were just....less is more sometimes, no?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Blood, Confinement, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, and Excrement

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Infertility

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Death, Classism, Pregnancy, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Violence

kotletka_polina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Nice book. Liked the plot twists and the way story progressed: it’s like I’ve been changing who I’m sided with throughout the story.
I just wish it was faster at the beginning, the first 200 pages were exhausting to read and I couldn’t wait for the story to climax. Also didn’t really understand the purpose of adding

private investigator

it gave a lot of information much needed for a plot twist but eventually led to nothing and ended abruptly. 
Overall good thriller, would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Murder, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Animal death, Grief, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Bullying, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

bloo_0's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow, the writing. I enjoyed the storyline right after everything began to make sense. Literally mind blown 🤯

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Wow this book was wild. To be honest I wasn’t initially interested in this book, the synopsis sounding pretty generic to me but I saw it was getting so much love and I’m always down for a good mystery/thriller so I started it and just wow. I’m mad I didn’t pick it up sooner because I haven’t read a thriller/mystery book that’s taken me by surprise in a long time. Usually I can figure out the ending, and though I did figure out one piece of the puzzle on my own, there were just so many twists that kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. I’m already recommending this book to everyone I know. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Murder

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

theimposter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

Full of twists and turns! Very compelling. But somewhat confusing. Might be worth a reread 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Stalking