Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed

22 reviews

whatvictoriaread's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Incest, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

lovefromhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Infertility, Incest, and Grief

catrickbateman's review against another edition

3.25

i was loving this so much until around 3/4 of the way through when it suddenly dawned on me we weren’t going to learn anything about the wastelands, the history, what’s really happening in their society or even how it began… like we had so much trauma and horror with no explanation or backstory and as soon as i realised that i checked out to be honest 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Death

rebyreadsandwrites's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Confinement, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Ableism

eed8's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

mikayyyla's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Disturbing and uncomfortable and tragic in the best way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Child death, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

forgottenangstycharacter's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

jewelia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

this book is really well written with an interesting premise but its fuckin bleak yall, definitely have a browse of the content warnings before you read this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

booknerdnative's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide, and Incest

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Rape

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder