Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse

6 reviews

taggy96's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Sexual assault

bees_knees735's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This was such a weird, fun read. Rhiannon is bad but in a way you can’t help but find kinda great and the voice of the whole thing is so engaging I read it in a couple of days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Blood, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

clotalksbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Well that was dark! Similar in style to a couple of more recent books I have read (How to Kill your family/how to kill men and get away with it), and initially I wasn't as big a fan of the writing in this one. I feel some things went a little far for my taste, and there is A LOT of sex - not necessarily a bad thing, just unexpected. 

It is darkly funny, you feel terrible for laughing. I think it depends what order you read the similar books in to be honest, as you can't help but compare. 

There are some very unexpected twists and turns which I loved, my mouth hit the floor on occasion. By the end I was hooked and will read the rest of the series.

The narrator is perfect, so I will stick to audio for the rest of the series too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abortion and Torture

Minor: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

maisiehobbs's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, and Violence

emmalouisereads's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.5

This was a lot of fun. 

If you liked how to kill your family, give this a go as I think it’s better. It’s certainly darker.

It definitely does feel like Bridget Jones’ serial killer diary. I’m looking forward to reading the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Sexual assault, Child death, Violence, Death, and Sexual harassment

Talk about weight and dieting

amberinbookland's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Infertility, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Body shaming, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Child death, Death, and Death of parent