Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger .

3 reviews

queenie_booklove's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

britslampe's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn't expect to finish this book in 2 days, but I did. I couldn't rate it any higher because of the POV jumping and a few notable unedited sections. That being said, I'm actually excited to read book 2 of this series, I'm super interested to see how HBCU themes play out with creatures and magic.

I have not read something like this before, and even with the parts I disliked I have high hopes and curiosity for the other books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Classism

I really didn't like how predatory a lot of the male characters were or how it was brushed off as the college experience. I understand the main character is a grad student, but I hated how Solomon was just accepted after all the harassment and bullying.

glischsanchez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.75

An ambitious novel with so much potential, but very poorly executed. After reading over 400+ pages I still can’t tell you what the main conflict of the book/series is, and that’s a problem. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence