Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

53 reviews

jitskeb's review against another edition

dark tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

54bookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

gojenjen84's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Slow burn, so much action in the end of the book, plot at the end seemed a little rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

jordhana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Body horror, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

keatonmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

davisota2018's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bibliotecadepueblo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

 Pues parece que pertenezco a esa minoría a la que este libro no le ha entusiasmado en exceso. Y es que a pesar de lo interesante de la premisa, su ejecución no me ha convencido.

Quizás haya sido mezclar lo sobrenatural con un pueblo a lo Gran Hermano lo que no me ha terminado de meter en la historia, no lo sé, pero esperaba otra cosa totalmente diferente cuando lo empecé. Varios capítulos que se me han hecho bola, una obsesión insana por los pezones y el cero interés que tenía por todos los habitantes de Black Spring, han hecho de este libro una decepción.

Eso sí, aunque siento que se le podría haber sacado más partido al personaje de la bruja (me interesaba más la trama de su pasado que la actual), me encanta cómo el autor nos muestra que el peor mal de todos es, como siempre, el propio ser humano. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Islamophobia

ifeanart's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Suicide attempt

tavvyj's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I read this in a book club and can tell I liked it quite a bit more than most of them did. This novel is emotional, and so much of it is tense. Heuvelt uses very specific language to stand out specific passages, and because of that it can warrant disgust at times.

I'm going to talk about the nipples here, which are a large part of the shock value. My friends said things like "don't make a drinking game out of it" and the like, so while I was reading I kept count of the mentions. While it's a higher number than one would expect in a non-smut or romance book, it mentions them 10 total times, 9 of which are for shock value and disgust. Talking about Tyler's nips was weird though. 

In any case, the use seems pretty clear to make the imagery stand out and not just mentioning nipples just to mention nipples as my friends emphasized.

The book is dark and emotional, it's horrific. And it's a reminder that the true evil in the world is, and has always been, humans being afraid of something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting