Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah

7 reviews

mariekemarit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Verwarrend, gecompliceerd en zeker focus nodig, maar moeilijk weg te leggen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

flickdabeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

I was hooked from the first chapter! the first part of the book started with a lot of momentum and questions. I truly had no idea what direction the author was going to take this. would’ve been a 5 star but there was quite a few parts that did not need to be included. specifically the part with her daughters school, that was so out of nowhere it almost felt like a chapter from a different book? it was hard to take the intense focus off the story to shift to something that had no relevance to the plot. other than that I loved the main character and how she figured everything out in the end, it all tied together well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

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

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

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

killmoore_'s review against another edition

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

anna_mayes's review against another edition

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

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, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Murder

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

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