Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

256 reviews

booksandabeagle's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

thegirlfromthemoon's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Incest

elizabeth_christina's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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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The style of writing leans more prose, which took an adjustment to read. Once I got into the quirks of the writing style, I found the narrative compelling in the way it painted the characters and the setting, making a small town throughout the decades feel oh-so entirely real. 

Don’t read this book expecting a quick who-done-it thriller. This book takes time to flesh out every character so you’re truly absorbed in their next actions. Yes, there is a pretty good mystery overall, but what will stay with me the most is the emotional connection to the two main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent

ewhipple's review against another edition

1.5

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Where did the hype come from? Why is this a 4.3 average and so many people are saying it's character driven? The plot is all that matters, and the one-dimensional characters are only there to hold it up. It had some interesting twists and turns, but I had so many issues with this. I only finished it because I spent money on it. In no particular order:

• 2-page chapters that chop up the flow and end with constant cliffhangers
• Not enough dialogue or detail. It's like the author was baiting the reader, and not in a good way. Especially around some major plot points. You can't just let us guess at what happened and hope we got it right!
• Extremely slow first half. Would have been a dnf if I hadn't bought it. 
• Wayyyy too many coincidences to suspend disbelief. Come on now.

Whoever told me if I liked Kristen Hannah, I'd love this book...you're dead to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

scrimps777's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Miscarriage, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Medical content, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent

charrrchar's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Blood, Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent

paronomaniac's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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: Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Rape

slintern's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol

readreadruby's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-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: Complicated

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Slow to start, sometimes made me work hard to recall who was who (names of characters who’d be spoken of pages ago) but all in all an amazing story. Broke me in all the good ways only a book can. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood

heather_renae's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest