Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Uma Gaiola de Ouro by Camilla Läckberg

15 reviews

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

I loved the Hedstrom series but this book was too slow paced for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

gillenwaaah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is an excellent thriller! That manages to thrill without killing a woman or raping her. It involves a lot of violence and manipulation so like it’s definitely dark but I really enjoyed it. I wasn’t sure where it was going to end up and definitely one of the strongest thrillers I’ve read in a while without having too many plot lines going at the same time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

bootsmom3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Abortion, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Child death, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

booksgamesvinyl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

hforsythe26's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

The Golden Cage is an excellent dark thriller about bad people doing bad things. I know, I know, that might not sound like an almost five star read but it really is! I flew through this one and could not keep turning pages to find out what was going to happen next. There really were not any characters that I liked or was rooting for because they were all utterly despicable but at the same time I was very invested in Faye's journey and felt like I just had to keep reading and had to find out who survived to the end. There were only two characters that could be considered decent people, or innocent bystanders at least... the 7 year old daughter and Faye's first college boyfriend but by the end of the book both of those characters were subjected to absolutely horrible things! That's what they get for being decent people! Jokes aside, this was a top notch thriller by a clearly talented author and I highly recommend it to any Cersei Lannister fans out there. ** Side note: I'm not kidding about the content warnings here. That quarter star I knocked off was because this author really didn't hold back and some of the content was gross. I was shocked she went there and I don't get shocked very often.**

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Cancer, Medical content, Abortion, Death, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

onemorepagecrew's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

2.0

Scandinavian thrillers are a sub-genre that I’ve enjoyed over the years so when I saw this available on Libby, I gave it a go. As the story started, I was enjoying the inner monologue of Faye and the glimpses into her past live under a different name.  It seemed a bit obvious that she was holding too much back from her friends and becoming isolated and dependent on him, despite the past life that was (I think) intended to let the reader know she is a strong-willed and independent woman at her core.  It was perhaps too stark of a contrast to make sense of early on. 

 

As her marriage ends and she builds a new life with her daughter and her closest friends, the story takes on a different purpose.  Revenge becomes all-consuming and I was surprised at how many others in her life so willingly went along with it.  It seemed like the reader was meant to feel a kinship for Faye and be rooting her on, but the whole time I kept thinking how deeply messed up all of it was.  There was a twist ending that was somewhat easy to see coming and ultimately this wasn’t the right one for me.  I was glad to part way with the characters. 

 

Content warnings: Sexual content (explicit), Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Death

npkrensky's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Cancer, and Domestic abuse

singalana's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

jesscoast's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

I went into this book a little wary of the premise - reading about the so called problems of upper class white families isn't my idea of a challenging or particularly high stakes book. But Lackberg absolutely pulled it off. This book did right everything that Joy Fielding's book All The Wrong Places (which I recently reviewed) did wrong. It's hard not to see the similarity in themes between the two books after reading them almost back to back, so apologies for the unsolicited comparison.

The story arcs nicely, and demonstrates fierce female character development, even if it followed a bit of a "scorned woman" trope. Faye reinvents herself over and over, in a rather inspiring way. Whether or not she takes it too far and destructs her world and loved ones is what you'll be asking throughout. The women were complex and clever, I really enjoyed how none were truly portrayed in only one light, unlike Fielding's "good" and "bad" girls. They learn from mistakes, have complicated friendships, look out for their families inrerests, take risks, and execute plans. These are the types of women I actually want to read about.

The book runs the whole gammet of emotions (I even teared up a little!), and uses tragedy and red herrings well to keep the reader on their toes. It was self aware about privilege and feminism, even if there was a little too much diet talk for my liking. The girl power feminism portrayed was a lever that got pulled on as needed as a means to an end, and it served it's purpose well.

The jump from past to present to future left the reader asking more questions as the blanks got filled, and made for a messy three stand braid. I was guessing up until the last few pages, and was pleasantly satisfied with this read. I'll have to pick up another Nordic noire again soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body shaming, Violence, Child death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood