Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

340 reviews

hfayereads'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

TRIGGER WARNING

This is a fast pace high stakes thriller that takes the reader through two different cases. 

One of the unique aspects of this book was the podcast element/chapters. I had checked out the audiobook out on Libby and strictly listened to the audiobook for the podcast chapters. For me, that enriched the book and made the book more unique. 

This book does delve into heavy topics (assault, slut shaming etc) that if you aren’t prepared or you go into this book blind can surprise you about how graphic the book talked about these subjects. 

Overall, this was an good thriller that showed two different cases and their parallels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Gaslighting

brookebomber's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pedophilia

justmasyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Death, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Car accident, and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

warmpagemysteries's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed that this book followed multiple timelines, perspectives, & crimes. There was a good twist ending and the story wrapped up nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

alex_mabel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

While this book was very hard to read due to the topics at hand, I thought it was done very well. The story of the trial was told in a brutally honest way.

The dual perspectives were both very engaging and the ending came together well. I definitely wanted to keep reading to see how it all wrapped up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer

sajreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

harley_a_reader's review against another edition

Due to being triggered by other books, I to look up the ending. Needless to say I DNF'd because of the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

erinkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

This book was really intense. The subject matter was hard to read about and I really wanted to give the girls hugs. I enjoyed the dual storyline and how she intertwined them. For me, the plot twists weren’t jarring but they were still good. Overall, great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

sarahmichaelward's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Sexual assault