Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse

7 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

frannydo's review against another edition

Just got tired of the story and wasn’t picking it up enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Violence, and Mental illness

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

singalana's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cursing, Rape, Mental illness, Infidelity, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Death of parent, Vomit, Stalking, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

willowmae's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Vomit, Torture, and Eating disorder

jbistheinitial's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I’ve just done the CN notes and honestly it would be quicker to list what Sweetpea doesn’t include. But for all that it’s a brutally funny and page-turning take on Bridget Jones-meets-American Psycho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Infertility, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt