Reviews tagging 'Rape'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

50 reviews

mrsbalda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

There were two spots in the book where I wasn’t quite sure but im so glad I went ahead because it was a really good murder mystery combined with self discovery, self acceptance, along with a few twists. 4.25 because it felt a bit rushed at the end, despite there being more to unpack. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Suicide

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

coliescorner'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Body horror, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

mhh831666's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

idk if it's really a 5 star thriller or if I'm just emotional because I'm 4 days sober from those fun life ruining opiates but either way, I can't think of any way to improve this one so I suppose it's a 5 star 🤷🏼‍♀️. plus it's beautifully written and the characters are so real you can taste them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Rape, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

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

deshanejt's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Somewhat convoluted, but still very good! It definitely had you guessing. Perfect who-dunnit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Drug use

scumlow's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Rape, Gun violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death, Alcohol, and Blood

cjjordan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Violence, and Toxic friendship

ablakey's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

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