Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

5 reviews

iffygeneia's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

killmoore_'s review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Repetitive. My lort, so repetitive. 

This could have been so much better. All of the building blocks were there to make this a phenomenal thriller - instead, it was 200 pages of useless dribble leading up to a less than climactic twist and a sub par ending. 

Zannah is a champ. We love Zannah. 
And Tilly. 

I went into this really hoping for some weird, Sci-fi esque story about clones and ended up with a pretty upsetting (and not in a good way) domestic abuse story. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

anna_mayes'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

3.0

Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah 

 

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

 

“If we never make any changes that scare us at first, we end up missing out.” 

 

I don’t know what I expected from Perfect Little Children, but this was not it. I liked the beginning and I liked the end, but I feel like I could have gone without 75 pages in the middle. The story got repetitive. Like yes, the narrator might not be super reliable. I get it. But do we need to keep going back and forth?? Perfect Little Children was hard to get through and took me way longer than it should have. The twist at the end became predictable, but I did enjoy it so I won’t complain about that too much. I feel like there should have been something else to the plot or it should have been shorter. Overall, I was disappointed, but I did like about half of the book. 

 

I recommend this for those who are new to thrillers and want something that isn’t too psychological. 

 

Content Warnings: Abuse, Murder, Child Death, Sexual Assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Child death

elizabethchoi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, and Emotional abuse

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism