Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

252 reviews

mittan's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy

erin_retka_cos's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

paigealbi's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny 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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This book is a RIDE. Maybe a little bit too much of a ride. I really enjoyed it and raced to the end and was not particularly confused as I've read others were. Perhaps this is because I read a lot of long confusing fantasy novels, but I can see how others would lose track of the story. There are also some plot fails and the story gets more and more preposterous as it goes. Still, I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War

Minor: Homophobia

fennelseedsmom's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

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This book was sad the sake of being sad. I’ve never had a book take so much from me while reading and not in a good way. Adding a star because I liked the ending well enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Suicide, Abortion, Murder

memorymaze's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

sharla_la's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Murder

sirpandacat's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol

Minor: Rape

goodandhardy'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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one is going to stick with me. Truly a great story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide

riverrose98's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Abortion, Murder

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-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: Yes

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This was both excellent and entirely too long - the ending wonderful and delayed by so many side stories woven in that it became hard to keep track of who's who and what's where. Definitely check content warnings, and go in ready to slog through some winding bits and very bad actors (and some quite redeemable ones) making mostly terrible decisions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion

Minor: Bullying