Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

21 reviews

michaelion's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Bored white soccer mom being a little too nosy. If you like constant repetition, mediocre writing, and a very slow almost glacial pace for 85% of the book and then the speed of a rocket launch at the end, you might like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Stalking

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

galexy_brain's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

Characters were dull. Not the author's fault, but I found the main character's "I don't get what's happening with the youth these days" attitude to be annoying to read about. The mystery was drip-fed and then answered all at once. I didn't find any of it unexpected and found the twists to be more like roadblocks delaying me from getting to the end of the story.

Lewis was so unbearable from the beginning that I couldn't understand why anyone ever thought he was good?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Ableism, Miscarriage, Grief, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Stalking

beccabarpel's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A solid Hannah mystery. Is it supernatural? Is it sci-fi? Is it something else? It keeps you guessing. As ever, the villain in this story is super messed up. (One day I'd like to go back and compare the personality types of Hannah's antagonists.)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

lilysaddler's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Rape, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage and Alcohol

camilla_p's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

The book was tense throughout and kept me intrigued. each chapter seem to introduce a new possible ending, only put the true ending to circle back to original suspicions but with more depth. Though this book was tense, it was more narration and dialogue driven than it was action driven. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

auteaandtales's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

oliviajoreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Miscarriage

kasey_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

leggatkat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Ableism, Child death, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Self harm, Drug use, Suicide, and Rape

starklinqs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

This book was really interesting and had me hooked the entire way through! The end was probably the only part I didn’t completely wholeheartedly love, but even then it was well written and enjoyable, and I think the author did a great job. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape