Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

4 reviews

vievef's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

lauramcc7's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

cocpop_reads's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

4.25

Wanted to read the book after watching the Netflix series. And I honestly am not mad that the stories were completely different. Because I went in blind reading the book, and I loved following the twists and turns.

Also I loved the tiny sprinkle of romance, because I’m a sucker for that too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

informative mysterious 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? No

4.0

I saw the movie before I read the book and I really enjoyed it so I figured I'd give this a go! It's very similar to the movie. They're both enjoyable.

Things I liked:

• I liked the slow unravelling of the mystery.
• The characters were smart. All of them. 
• There was a nice amount of twists.

I don't think there was anything I really didn't like about the book. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen the movie first. I don't find there was a lot of additional information in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

This book is about a defense lawyer who is defending a man accused of assault and attempted rape of a women. Most of the explicit content is discussed between characters rather than seeing it happening in real time.