Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

27 reviews

macknificent'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This story had great bones but it just didn't work for me. 

I did find myself fully immersed in the scary scenes, to the point that I could only read this in daylight. Unfortunately, I wasn't much interested in the rest. Neither the mystery, nor the romance were compelling and sometimes it felt like the author didn't really know her characters. The horror/magic didn't seem to have any rules either, which made the ending a bit anticlimactic.

This was a debut novel so I'm willing to try this author again in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Sexual assault

ukponge's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Rape

shannananahey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Blood, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Physical abuse

regen20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Abortion, and Pregnancy

eregriel's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, War, and Murder

_courtney's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Blood

Minor: Abortion, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape