Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

164 reviews

kshertz's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is a dark one. It’s hard to read about kids being kidnapped and abused. It’s hard to see them try to move on and live their lives after. It’s an amazing thriller mystery too. It’s just very very heavy. Lots of twists and turns. It was hard for me to deal with the jumping around of characters and time but eventually you fall into it and then you can’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

steens0728's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Death of parent

aprilb_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I liked it overall but it was very long winded.  We could have shortened the middle.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

lr205's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

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Early on I thought this would be a 4 star book, but by the end I would have given it a million stars. There is quite a lot of vulgarity which I could have done without, and it is often unnecessarily flowery with the language, but the story more than makes up for these. This is a looooong book, but so worth it. So many twists and turns and yet every surprise feels fully earned. The author leaves little details that seem like nothing but when the surprise happens, you wonder how you didn’t see it. A beautiful, mysterious, crime, coming of age, love story, thriller - genre defying novel about a pirate and a beekeeper. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

courtneyer's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’ll be thinking about Saint and Patch for a long time. The pacing in this book was a bit uneven The beginning felt like a heart pounding thriller, then it mellowed into a slow literary mystery, and ended with another burst of intensity that kept me turning pages until late at night. I found the amount of grief and tragedy to be overwhelming at a few points—this is one I would probably save for when you’re in a good place mentally and/or plan for a palate cleanser after. I’ll be indulging in a rom-com next for sure. Despite some of its flaws, I found the characters super compelling, and the ending with all of its reveals was beyond satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Alcohol

Moderate: Torture, Abortion, Death of parent

kerriski's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

camp_redwood's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I have intense and mixed feelings about this. 

Did I like it? No. 
Was it well executed? Yes. 

TLDR: “The Lovely Bones” if it was a very southern feeling coming of age novel- except of his whole ass life- and the story of navigating purpose and relationships with wild CPTSD.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

saxydeb's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Interesting! I got lost in it a few times trying to keep things straight as Patch was sometimes not a fully reliable historian for himself and we weren't always sure if some of this memory was real or imagined. This was intentional and the author did a great job pulling at the threads and bringing the truth to the forefront - it was a very good book, and kept my attention. It is unlike anything I've read before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

heidiorpz's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol

mqueen3814's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Classism