Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

105 reviews

araye's review against another edition

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It was just too dark. Not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

kalaser's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury

mel_ificent1's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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, Violence, Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Incest, Death of parent

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

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

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

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

coopecas's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark 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

Moderate: Death, Abortion

Minor: Incest, Rape

undersea's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark funny sad slow-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: Complicated

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I enjoyed the story and the scope of this book. I enjoy stories with this type of sweeping timeline & interesting characters with some mystery involved. That said, I have issues. 

First of all the writing style never really clicked with me, though I did get used to it over 600 pages 🙄 The short chapters are helpful but there are detailed, luxurious descriptions of landscapes & then key plot elements

like Saint’s pregnancy & labor

that are literally skipped over in order to create a “twist” later on.  Cliff hangers are really done a disservice to the momentum, leaving one character’s story line hanging for “anticipation” only to have it kind of glazed over and summarized when we finally come back to it. 

Also, possibly because of the writing style or the length, when new mysteries would pop up I would literally sigh. I was just tired. It felt emotionally manipulative. 

I will say, the chosen family that is built in this book is truly wonderful. It might be what kept me going most through 600 pages of Patch. 

Are we supposed to like Patch? I feel empathy for him for sure, but the entire book is basically saying: let men act however they need to act, support them no matter what, do the actual work of hunting down a serial killer while he paints & searches backwards for victims families instead of trying to prevent more people from becoming victims, & because of that ladies, you’ll get all the love & thanks you deserve which is none. Literally every woman in this story is there in support of Patch & he gives them nothing. Saint & Misty & Norma & Charlotte & even Sammy are so amazing & interesting, but we are only treated to them as they relate to and support Patch with this undying, unending support. That is never, not once returned. Unless you count killing which just takes Patch further from them.

This is why I don’t read male authors much😒

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion

itscarleesmith's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping

Minor: Incest