Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

382 reviews

dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i really enjoyed this, i liked the writing style and the changing perspectives. i didn’t see it going where it was at all. i liked reading a main character a bit different from most books 

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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2.75
challenging dark tense medium-paced

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Too depressing for me, I was hoping for more of a Housemaid vibe. 

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved this book and how the past and present plot lines were interwoven. The ending left me feeling hollow
especially since Lindy never got proper justice. Stockholm Syndrome fully took hold of her and it made me so sad that she lost the will to escape even when she finally could. I understand the trauma Peter went through but I was hoping he would come to a revelation about his darkness and how he’s not actually quite so different from his dad. The last chapter of his discussing his thoughts about kidnapping again was chilling.
so -1/2 star although given the darkness of situations like these in real life, it’s fair that’s there’s not truly a “happy ending”

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dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Virkelig god psykologisk thriller, som aldrig stopper med at overraske. Mogen vil mene at slutningen var unødvendig og dårlig - men jeg er en psycho som åbenbart elsker at være ulykkelig so there’s that.

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