Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

25 reviews

naereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Stalking, Child death, Death, Dementia, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

readliketay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

A book hasn’t made me cry in a long time, especially a thriller. This book reminded me of how I felt finishing “Pretty Girls”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, and Stalking

Minor: Death, Drug use, and Child death

mountainstobeach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was hard to read at first due to the content so I skimmed a bunch of the initial chapters. By the end I was hooked! I knew there was a twist coming so of course, k was looking for it and figured out at least part of it before it was revealed-but I did not figure out all of the mysteries and connections ahead of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Child death, and Domestic abuse

karine_h's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Child abduction

wagnermelissam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

allthingsalicia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

What a read - for such an intense topic, the writing was beautifully heartbreaking. For the first half, you question where the book is going since the FMC’s grief is all consuming, but then…THEN part two completely changes the feeling, tone and direction of the book. I couldn’t put the book down after I hit the 2nd half of the book. Once the pieces started to fall together, the ending was somewhat predictable but still worth it. Highly recommend you read the content warnings for this book though, there’s a lot to unpack. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Murder, Gun violence, and Suicide

ivirtue's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse

aubrea27h's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely insane ending I probably should have seen coming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

pookiee's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Pedophilia

laurensreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Drug use