Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

12 reviews

patriciapueyolopez's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Suicide, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Stalking, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

karlo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcohol, Stalking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

mrclintdavis's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Stalking, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

wackly93's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Self harm, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

peonydancer's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-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

3.75

I think I might've enjoyed it more if it was a little sped up, and if

more crimes were committed than just the one murder that was already described at the start of the book

 
But still, the writing was lovely, and the description of a psychotic and totally unreliable narrator was wonderful. I did find the ending a little confusing at first, as 

I wasn't sure if Julian was actually dead or not, or if Paul got institutionalized or not, and it was rather vague and confusing

but after a little while, I did understand the reference that Julian put in his letter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

scjessie's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

lisa00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide

enyltiak's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Stalking

Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Child abuse, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Vomit

iridaceae's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, and Vomit

lilifane's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was recommended to me because it is supposed to be similar to The Secret History. Most of the books compared to The Secret History are not at all similar to it, so I didn't have high hopes. But this book actually delivered. The academic part is not as present and mostly takes place at the beginning of the book and the plot focuses on two characters instead of a friends group, but the vibes are basically the same. 

I have very conflicting feelings about these characters, their toxic relationship and actions. But it was such a good read. I loved it and I hated it, and I was sad but also repulsed. It's complicated...  Also, not much is happening because you spend the whole book in one character's head basically, but I still couldn't put it down. Please look up trigger warnings before reading, though, because... uff! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence