Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

257 reviews

kimmer99's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping

ladybug12793's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This had so much potential to be at five star read, but it was overly drawn out over decades. Not the typical mystery thriller. 300 pages could have been omitted easily. The writing itself was beautiful and heartbreaking but a lot of it was unnecessary. I literally read 18 books in between finishing this book because I kept having to set it down because I got so bored. I almost DNF’ed too many times to count

This is by far SLOWWWW paced FYI.

Also, saint deserves sooo much better. Disappointing. Didn’t even end how I hoped. And Patch and Grace didn’t even end up together. It’s super unrealistic that the doctor stayed in prison for 20 years and allowed himself to almost be put to death for a crime he didn’t even commit because of HIPAA that doesn’t even come into account since the patient was dead. Also there’s mandatory reporting for rape, especially statutory rape as healthcare workers. Moronic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, Abortion, Murder

Slow paced

dcd220's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse

marylove's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder

anniesbookpicks's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Murder

beilerlena's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

cnewt8's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

karenperry93's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

hollydyer328's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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To be honest, I wasn’t sure where this book was going but I really liked it by the end! The middle 1/3 dragged but the last 1/3 made up for it and brought everything together. The ending was great and I didn’t see it coming, which is so important for a mystery. The chapters are really short which I don’t think was necessary and made the book long; if the chapters were longer, it would be a shorter book overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit

jeannaaa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Abortion

Minor: Suicide