Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

13 reviews

readsafterdark's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Murder

taranottahra's review

It was moving so so so slow. It was dark, which is fine, but there’s a lot of darkness currently happening in the real world around me (LA fires, Trump presidency) and it was not the escapism I needed. The writing was fine, but going back to it felt like a work-out regime instead of something I was looking forward to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

vicrine's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? Yes

1.0

2/10 my God why was this so long and complicated 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

memusings's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

This is not for the HSP reader. For all the content warnings and they are legion, this is such a well told story that weaves so many threads and brings them to a fulfilling conclusion.

surlamer7803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

A good and well written story but about 1/3 too long. Overall though it was just sad and hard to get into because it just kept pulling you down. I don’t regret reading it but I didn’t necessarily enjoy reading it either. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse

theshelfwanderer's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

aducharme4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Incest, Police brutality, and Abortion

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book, but it was slow and overwhelmingly sad.  It's a story about hope, but all the trauma and tragedy was too much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wally81481's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

This is the most captivating book I have read in a long time. I laughed out loud. I cried - the good tears and the sad ones. I figured some things out, but was blindsided by other twists and turns. This is a BEAUTIFULLY written book about a terrible and epic story of characters who are chasing after closure over a lifetime. The weaving of the story lines and characters is astounding. It took over 14 hours of my commute time to read it, but I'm seriously considering reading it again. Already. FANTASTIC! Some hard content at times (sexual assault, abuse, kidnapping, murder), but also a story of how hope can carry a person through unimaginable trauma. I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

kirkspockreads's review

This had a good climax like 100-120 pages in and then there was more?? And the fucking two pages chapters! And the author is always describing what everyone is wearing! I don’t care! Why is this book so long? AAAHHHH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail