Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent

33 reviews

alisonscott1010's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

annaavaa's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

julesreadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Quite enjoyed it when I did pick it up but it didn’t keep me wanting to pick it up all the time because it was quite heavy and slow at points 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

sarahweyand's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I was excited to read this book because it felt like it might dip into dark academia vibes. And it did not. But this story was fine, absolutely fine. It feels pretty forgettable to me, so I won't get too into the weeds on a book I deem to be perfectly adequate.

The character dynamics were interesting but most of them felt pretty two-dimensional. I didn't feel immersed in any scenes or environments, but I did find the toxic friendship/relationship developments to be interesting because I'm nosy.

All in all, it's not that this book was bad, it's just that there are a lot of books that do everything it does better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia

esme_may's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Medical content

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I mostly enjoyed this book, but I think it could have gone further with what it was trying to do. It felt like it was building up to a big moment throughout the whole thing, but by the end there still wasn’t really anything? 

The writing was very beautiful, and I think this book definitely has a good idea to it, but I just would have liked to have seen more exploration of the characters and their actions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bethjg_01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

han936's review against another edition

dark tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Murder