Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Where I End by Sophie White

8 reviews

asuresh's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, Incest, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Body horror, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

abbeyholland's review against another edition

4.0

This was deeply disturbing and haunting but so incredibly well written! The author did an amazing job of creating an unsettling setting and creating characters that interest you and break your heart.

My only issue is that this book is in a first person point of view from the main character's perspective who has never gone to school and is mentioned as not being very intelligent - yet the writing in the book is so beautiful and detailed with big words I had to search (lol) which kind of took away from the main characters POV as it wasn't aligned with how she was described 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

blurjay's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a brutal and cruel story of love, motherhood, and belonging, but oh so mesmerizing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Self harm, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, and Rape

rosebache's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape

flowingleaves's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Jesus fucking christ. Mind the warnings. This book is cruel and it goes places I didn't want it to go. I'm not quite sure if Aoileann is just that much of an unreliable narrator or if every single person in this story apart from Rachel are all just that horrible.

Fantastic story, I loved it, it made me want to throw up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Body horror, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Excrement, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

whirl's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Dark, gruesome and extremely sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Death, Confinement, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

fionag's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Words that come to mind to describe Where I End: twisted, gross, disturbing, complicated, unsettling, manipulative. I loved it. This tale weaves together a horrible, isolated setting with superstitious islanders, a truly twisted ‘family’ with a mysterious past, the effects of motherhood, and one’s descent into madness and obsession. The writing was visceral and made me feel every word. White does an amazing job at building up truly unlikeable characters. I honestly have no idea how someone can come up with a story like this. I had no idea what was going to happen in it, and while I thought the ending was slightly rushed I really enjoyed the experience of reading this book and I think it’ll stay with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit and Rape