Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

9 reviews

madrog's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Death

caffeinated_library's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Stalking, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

nickcallebs's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Rape, and Grief

jjreads331's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

The metafiction of this story is great, and it is what kept me going. The author clearly read into the genre and managed to create a story that confused at least half of my book group as to whether this was a real memoir or fiction. The issues that I had are with the pacing. There isn't really any denouement and I think the book needed that. One thing I really did love was the loving depictions of Maryland. I wanted to immediately go back to visit. Oh, one last nit:

the pictures included were hilarious and an excellent addition, but like HELL are those girls with their perfect 2020s middle part hair from the 80s. insert *sure jan* meme here.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Violence, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Mental illness, Animal death, and Cancer

varo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Suicide, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Death of parent

ghostthereader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

odrib's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Death of parent

caidyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Good, but not great. I did enjoy this, but the blend of fiction with reality didn't quite meld with me. I agree that Chizmar is a great companion to Stephen King, but the story didn't blow me away as I had hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Murder, and Rape