Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

174 reviews

brianna_kai's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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really enjoyed this book ending was a bit disappointing but overall was a captivating story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment

smdennis20's review against another edition

4.75

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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Phenomenal writing and planning of this book! Sally is truly an amazing person that overcame so much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Grief

ruth_gardner's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional tense 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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Enjoyed it initially.  Then started to feel uncomfortable with the suggestion that people can't change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Rape, Kidnapping

sweetjuly_src's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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When I read the synopsis I didn’t know it would get so dark… I’m glad I was reading a cozy romance in between. There should be, maybe, trigger warnings. I got curious about the audiobook, as there’s a narrator for each of the POVs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Gaslighting

The main characters are deeply impacted by their upbringing, which draws my compassion for them, but then, some choices are made, especially by one of them. I know it’s based on real aspects, but I keep thinking “don’t do it” to no avail, of course…

madbro13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book is very well written but dark is not a strong enough term. The premise is similar to that of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: events in the life of an antisocial and somewhat odd adult woman lead her to uncover past trauma from her childhood that which she repressed, except that Sally Diamond's trauma is way more f***** up and part way through the book alternating chapters are from another character's perspective which dive even deeper into the perpetrated cycles of trauma. 
Heavy content warnings on SA, kidnapping and confinement, misogyny, and a good sprinkle of racism.

Honestly rough shit happens in this story but it is written incredibly well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy

kamy2104's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad 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

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I enjoyed this "true crime" style of storytelling, even though the pacing was quite slow to start, it picked up about halfway through the book.

Told from 2 POVs, there was strong character development throughout the course of the book. It was let down by the sadder final chapters that suggested nobody can truly escape their intrinsic inner beliefs held since childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Rape, Pregnancy

quietabyss's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This veered too close to trauma corn for me, not to mention the ending practically tripping over itself. This could've been a lot more meaningful if it had been a solid discussion about generational trauma, and about the struggles of dealing with personal trauma, but no. Just read The Room instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Kidnapping, Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia

dreamsonpaper's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very good but very dark and tense thriller. Great character development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief

Moderate: Rape

sarah_sauder21's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

maebemerissa's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, Car accident, Death of parent