Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Wych Elm by Tana French

28 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

thesaggingbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

This was difficult for me to rate. The writing was great as usual and the characters were well developed but it dragged on and on for no real reason. Just because you’re a stellar writer doesn’t mean you need to use all the words!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Medical trauma, Bullying, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Stalking

The book covered a lot of sensitive topics but i didn’t feel like it was gratuitous in explanations or details.

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

squirrel66's review against another edition

Ich habe das Hörbuch nach nicht ganz 5 Stunden abgebrochen. Es waren noch gute 12 h übrig, und das war mir zu viel dafür dass der Ton in Kombination mit dem Leser nicht zugesagt hat. Ein Buch oder Hörbuch muss schon gut sein und mir gefallen, damit ich mir das bei der Länge komplett gebe.

SprecherInnen sind sicherlich Geschmacksfrage. Für mich war die Tonlage zu unnatürlich-melodramatisch, wie die klischeehaft Synchro von US-Filmen. Und ich bekomme die Krise wenn männliche Sprecher Frauenstimmen so gekünstelt hoch sprechen. Wer da weniger pingelig ist, mag sich freuen dass es das Hörbuch bei Spotify gibt - find ich immer super für  Bücher bei denen ich mir unsicher bin.

Nun zur eigentlichen Geschichte - die war auch nicht meins. Irgendwie fand ich alle unsympathisch, war auch daran liegen man dass es nicht "mein Ton" war, in dem es gelesen wurde. Die Hauptfigur finde ich zumindest anstrengend und eher unsympathisch, und die meisten Leute in seinem Umfeld ebenso oder noch mehr. Selbst die Freundin, die offensichtlich toll uns liebenswert sein soll, ist mir etwas zu sehr als die quirky anders-als-andere-Frauen-Frau angelegt.

Da mir das Weiterhören etwas widerstrebt hat, wollte ich hier in den Reviews sehen ob es sich weiter lohnt. Durch nicht markierte Spoiler 🫠 weiß ich jetzt was im Rest des Buches passiert und muss sagen... das wäre nichts für mich gewesen. Man muss ja nicht alle (Hör)Bücher beenden.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

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

samanthalw96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Murder

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

katyallred's review against another edition

This was just taking wayyy too long to get to the mystery part of the story. It's usually right out of the gate with her other novels, but I was like, SIX HOURS in and we still hadn't gotten to the skull under the tree mentioned in the plot summary. It just spent absolutely ages beating the point to death about the main character's struggles to recover from his injuries and wrestling with the grief/rage/fear of possibly being permanently disabled. A relevant plot point, obviously, but it was just the focus for too long and I lost interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence