Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

110 reviews

abbysingh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Confinement, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide, Body horror, and Car accident

lindseyrinehart's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

This is probably a “reader know thyself” situation. If I had known there were comparisons of this book to “Room” I would have avoided it altogether. I DNFed “Room” and truly hated it so much. I was really enjoying the story and Sally until we switched to Peter’s point of view. I listened on audio and could not have had a stronger ick reaction to him even when he was a child. We find out a lot about the past in Peter’s POV as he slowly catches up to Sally’s current day POV. I continued enjoying Sally’s POV as she really grows and improves herself after her father’s death. I don’t really understand the direction things took at the end. I’m just not sure what the message of the book is meant to be. It wasn’t mysterious and the ending is the opposite of redemptive, whatever that is. I felt gross when I finished this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Death, and Sexual assault

harleyqueen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Sall was just doing what her father said and put him out with the rubbish. Upon her father's death some dark secrets come out about who she really is and what her childhood was really like. This is her navigating her past whilst trying to build her future ... amazing autism rep 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

sineadhg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

defyinggravity's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

disguisedposer's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Violence

dominosmum444's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

first half of the book was excellent, however i feel quite dissatisfied with the ending. like other readers have noted, the synopsis did not prepare me for the content of the book, please do check the content warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Confinement, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Car accident

gigibaiao's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A deeply disturbing but unfortunately realistic book. Very interesting to read, but some moments were so horrific that they made me nauseous. Beware of triggers, as this book has many. I loved reading this book, but at the same time it made me sick. I felt anxious and sad about living in a reality where such sad things happen, and it made me cry. This book made me realise that thrillers on these subjects are not for me, even though they have a high literary quality. The author really took care to illustrate the places and people of certain nationalities accurately, and that impressed me positively.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Confinement

libreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Pregnancy, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Rape, and Violence

musings_of_a_middleaged_mum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Confinement, Mental illness, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Car accident, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault