Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge

5 reviews

nancy_97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I’ve really got to start reading the content warnings. This one felt really graphic and I found myself skipping a lot of scenes. It was a super interesting concept and I thought it was handled well enough, though I did find a few typos which sucked. I don’t think I would have picked this book up if I had seen the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Vomit, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

buggieop's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Confinement, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Car accident, Self harm, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Excrement

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Excrement, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Incest

on_your_raedar's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A fast read once you get into. The different POVs are a lot and I’m not sure they were all necessary but Helen Grace is a solid character that I plan on continuing to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Excrement, Gun violence, Incest, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

want2readmore's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The storyline and case are intriguing. However, police-work didn’t go into much detail, so you do question why certain factors were not considered or why they didn’t think to look at ‘XYZ’. 
There is also a trans-woman character and they are often referred to as their birth-sex and they dead-name her.

I felt the author did not accept the character’s true identity and only involved a trans character to hide the persons’ past relationship with another character.

 This shows particularly when the author referenced the trans woman as “ ‘her’ “ which I felt was mocking and wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Addiction, and Alcoholism