Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Wych Elm by Tana French

31 reviews

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Forced institutionalization

birdsandships's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug use, Terminal illness, Stalking, Death, Suicide, Medical trauma, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Cancer, Violence, and Murder

cjcrawfish's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Well written, but overly long and plodding 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

stjohnswarts's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

This book is dark, even for Tana French - particularly the ending. Her books rarely have happy endings but man. She’s great at writing hugely unlikeable characters and then throwing so much shit at them that by the end you just feel sorry for them more than anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Self harm

krissymcgeehan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Suicide, and Sexual assault

markandcover's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

te_ss_i's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Cancer, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Rape, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Sexual violence

allynat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Self harm, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

seadeepy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, Ableism, Murder, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Hate crime, Cancer, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

emmajp's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism