Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker

25 reviews

malesarmiento's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Child abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

miriamgraiz's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Antisemitism

lu_mog's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

O suspense é maravilhoso. A escrita de Joël realmente te prende na história. Todavia, dois pontos me fizeram dar uma nota mediana no livro: a abordagem do relacionamento entre um adulto e uma adolescente e o "pacing" da história. O primeiro ponto me deu um gosto amargo ao longo de toda a história. O fato do narrador não ter uma opinião mais incisiva sobre o caso de Harry e Nola me incomodou. Senti que o relacionamento foi romantizado, mas já vi outras pessoas com opinião contrária à minha, então talvez eu tenha deixado algum detalhe passar. Sobre o segundo, sinto que a escrita de Joël é fluida, porém alguns capítulos arrastam a história por repetirem pontos já estabelecidos e não trazerem mais nenhum detalhe novo. Não sinto que o livro precisaria ser muito mais curtos, pois todas as pistas são utilizadas no final. Contudo, a narrativa se torna arrastada em alguns pontos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

micropeenie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

A slow burn that I couldn't binge fast enough. Keeps you guessing until the very end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

alevssia's review against another edition

mysterious 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? N/A

1.75

Il modo in cui si tenta di normalizzare il fatto che un 15enne stia con un 35 enne è veramente disturbante e ha reso difficile la lettura. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

lindseyt's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

gothlawyer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

irene_am's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The writing (translated to Spanish) didn't live up to my expectations, and I didn't like the way women are talked about and portrayed either. That said, the plot of the story was exceptional, and it got me hooked from beginning to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

elnell's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

copiani's review against another edition

All they had to do was have the mc condemn Harry for being a pedophile but NO it’s all “he’s my friend” “it was true love” fuck that
And no amount of of Harry monologuing about how he knows it’s wrong to be in love with a 15 year old changes the fact that he was still in love with a 15 year old
And Joel Dicker is trying to pass this relationship off as a genuine mutual love story?? I can’t

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury