Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

71 reviews

ecn's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Homophobia, Blood, Child death, Bullying, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Hate crime, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

mals_library's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Torture, and Pedophilia

queerreaderchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Pedophilia, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty

faythfarrar's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

kaylaboevers's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Racism

kassidyreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mass/school shootings, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Vomit, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

jo_lzr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

her's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Bullying, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Incest

Minor: Drug use

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book was fine but the two major events happened so fast i think i got whiplash 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Drug use

smagill723's review against another edition

dark emotional

4.0

This book delves into some hard topic but it’s strong writing and worth it if you’re in the right headspace. I loved the parallels between the protagonist and antagonist that grow as the story progresses. Jake and Sawyer are both outsiders. Ryan Douglass shows how easily Jake could have followed the same path as Sawyer. At his darkest, Jake related more to Sawyer than he wants to. They’re both victims of multiple forms of abuse from their families. But Jake has hope, without which he wouldn’t be able to fight as he needs to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Mental illness