Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

49 reviews

sparkle_13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A pale imitation of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

ucancallmejayyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Eating disorder, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Physical abuse, Violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Cursing

adella_quick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Even though it was a little predictable, I really enjoyed this book. Sometimes figuring out the answers ahead of time gives you satisfaction instead of annoyance, and there were enough twists that I didn't see them all coming. 

I don't read thrillers often so I'm probably not the best reviewer for it but it was pretty good as far as tension and mystery. 

The spice level was good for me (fade to black).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Death, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

latasharm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

This is the type of thriller that I live for. The one that sneaks up on you in ways other than the ones that you are expecting. I was pretty close guessing where this story was going to go but never could I have ever guessed the way that we got there or the precise ending. Kate Alice Marshall has a gift and a curse. She goes dark and it gets deep. This one left me absolutely gutted. I would love to see this book play out as a limited series on Netflix or Prime. The right cast could do wonders with the characters penned and circumstances paged here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

macyforthun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. It filled the Yellowjackets sized hole in my heart. I was able to figure out one of the twists almost immediately and suspected another one. I kept page flags in this book of different theories and I loved it dearly. Extremely well written. I will have to check out other books by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Child death, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Stalking, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Child abuse

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Blood, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

abundance_of_fiction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

This book was a great start to 2024. Both mystical and mysterious, this novel does a great job of bringing you into this the convoluted mess that has occurred.  While you can semi-predict elements of the novel, it does not take away from the feeling of the eventual reveal. Naomi is the perfect protagonist, in that she is anything but perfect. The unreliable memories, character perspective, and storytelling leads to the culmination of a story that you both see coming and yet didn’t. Without spoilers, this story was a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Torture, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Murder

heidishartrandnewell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism