Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Stalker by Sarah Alderson

3 reviews

typedtruths's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

➸ Trigger warnings for fatphobia and body shaming (on-page), child abuse mentioned, domestic violence and intimate partner abuse including food deprivation, captivity, and physical & sexual assault (on-page), rape by a spouse/partner (on-page), alcohol consumption, emesis, mentions of a parent recovering from cancer, physical injury and amateur medical treatment (on-page, glass shard stuck in foot), grief & loss depiction, death of a fiance, death of a mother from a fall down the stairs (later revealed to be murder), murder of a husband by gun violence (on-page, self-defence for abuse), stalking, animal injury (crow), kidnapping of a pet dog, and murder of a kitten (abusive partner kills the cat off-page by the body is found on-page).

abbiey34's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

What can I say? This book was so enticing and I simply couldn’t put it down! 
This is the first book that I have read where I haven’t guessed the ending. I’ve been yearning for a boon that isn’t predictable. 

I somewhat knew that the husband was bad news from the start. The way he was so demanding about Laura cooking and just his personality was off putting. But when the character Mia was evolved, just wow.

This book is very clever. When you have fully read it, it makes you think back to what you’ve already read. I found myself gasping a lot at the end of it, going “omg of course, that makes so much sense!!” 
Would totally recommend! 👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

ehutton322's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Quite literally couldn’t put this book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship