Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

23 reviews

marieh_reads's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child abuse

mollylikethedrug_'s review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Incest

sealreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia

pigro's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Stalking, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Violence

achanceofbella's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Personally loved it but needs a specific sense of humour… embarrassing for me giggling away in public at the most devastating life story i’ve ever heard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder

aelinstark's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Animal death, Torture, Pedophilia, and Suicide

milohno's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.0

The first half of the book is incredible and the second half is absolutely awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ricochets's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, War, Child abuse, and Death of parent

lola_lab's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Check the trigger warnings, because there are a whole lot of them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Murder

emmaslibrary's review against another edition

dark slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence