Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Gizli Tarih by Donna Tartt

315 reviews

eveybrittin's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

I feel like the content warnings sum it up... a well-written but strange and fairly boring novel. I had hope for the characters but they just weren't good people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Cursing

piikasmalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

ducktofu's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic friendship

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Vomit, and Death of parent

iordanmoore's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.75

Gorgeous prose, but a slow read. Worth staying with book until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Blood

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book was SO GOOD. I don’t even know how to describe it in a way that truly encapsulates everything good about it. The plot is so well-written, and is really brought to life by the amazing writing style and slight poetic element to it, and all the atmospheres she creates just feel so real. Not to mention the foreshadowing (when you’re reading, you know it’s foreshadowing to something but you don’t know what it’s foreshadowing to, which is just so cool), and the fact that you’re always wondering how the story is possibly going to progress from point A to point B. The characters are all so complicated and interesting, and the themes of the books are very philosophical which makes the book all the more interesting. Overall, 10/10 read, absolutely exceeded my expectations. (ALSO THE ENDING??? CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD OMG)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

annadelph's review against another edition

dark funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Incest, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

author_aryoung's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

autonomous_lass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This was a page turner. I've never had a book punch me in the stomach emotionally like this before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. Annoying before you realize that it's a satire on the author's past experiences and then it becomes insanely enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Islamophobia