Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

19 reviews

dannythestreet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

sfschmidt93's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Violence, and Emotional abuse

hsalvatore's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Death of parent, Rape, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Suicide

melli29_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide

hermamora's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Death, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body horror, Outing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Grief, Child death, Car accident, and Blood

kimgravy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

that_bookish_life's review against another edition

3.5

A woman, disoriented in the hospital after being hit by a vehicle; a girl, who arrived with the injured woman, filling in strange details, which eventually lead both the hospital employees as well as us, the reader, to understand that this is not a simple accident. The girl and the woman are there as a result of fleeing a cabin where they have been held hostage. The police believe they have found a woman who went missing more than a decade before. But have they?

Dear Child is told from the shifting perspectives of the injured woman, the girl, and the missing woman's father. I really appreciate how we're plopped right into the story, disoriented, confused, trying to piece together what exactly is going on right alongside the characters. The evolution of details and shifting perspectives makes for a real page turner.

I can see the comparisons to Room and Gone Girl, but Dear Child really stands on its own merit. A strong mystery-suspense story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death

haleyapratt's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence