Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hypnotisören by Lars Kepler

12 reviews

ash122's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Incest

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

eelin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Death, Incest, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Forced institutionalization

markandcover's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

pastagiulia06's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Infidelity, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Infertility, Abortion, and Alcohol

kirbyii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

sammelito's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Great thriller which had me hooked throughout. Didn't always like the switches between perspectives

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Drug abuse

knik's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

Flat characters and a red herring that isn’t wrapped up tainted everything I liked about the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Child abuse

Minor: Stalking, Suicide, and Self harm

smmarshall221's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Incest

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A very well written book which will keep you on your toes from beginning to end. In general, the book was very readable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, and Addiction

pagesforages's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Incest

Minor: Drug use