Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Château de sable by Pierre Oscar Lévy, Frederik Peeters

6 reviews

emcardle26's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Racism

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Racism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Hate crime, Confinement, Death, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Torture

kuhnja's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

genderretired's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

kitten_nuisance's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

My partner and I have a bad habit of watching M Night Shymalan's movies.  We know we don't like his work anymore. . . we just want to be set up for the stupid twist and see the stupid twist.  And we've seen all the episodes of The Twilight Zone!  

However, I don't know if I can do it anymore.  Someone needs to stop giving this man money!!  (Including us, though we're a drop in the bucket!)  Maybe my tolerance has gone down over time, but I felt that the writing of "Old" almost could not be worse.  Why are all the characters just yelling everything that happens instead of it being shown???  Horrible acting, horrible shots, bad score, and racist also.  And M. Night, through much of his body of work, spreads EXTREME misinformation about mental health conditions.  I think it borders on hate speech, honestly.

Anyway, the way this relates to my review is that I heard that "Old" was based on a graphic novel, and I thought the idea had potential in graphic novel form.  I decided to check it out. . . I did NOT like it!!  Sad to report that this version was also racist, and even more misogynistic?  Did not like the art style at all, did not care for the way the story was presented.  Bad stuff!  We need V.C. Andrews back among us to write one of the particularly shocking and gross twists in a way that we could also kinda enjoy in its horror.

I'm making a lot of bad book choices lately.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

lucimolri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence