Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Şeytanın Evi by John Marrs, Gülce Arman Bayrakçı

126 reviews

amalauna's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

moomae's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It started a little slow but there are so many twists along the way that it keeps you wanting to read on. 
The only thing that didn’t line up was the lack of police anywhere in the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jjhina's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

smileysam's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-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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I found this book drew me in from the first couple of pages. It had many twists and turns and although I did catch a few, many a things still left me surprised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit

kassidypf13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

sandysmith's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Oh my goodness, what a ride. A psychological thriller at its finest. It's hard to write a review without spoilers, but it's about a mother and daughter
Maggie and Nina told from their points of view and differing time lines.  Just as you think you have it all sussed, the reasons become gradually exposed. It's twisty, hard-hitting, and gritty. I loved it, but I'm worried about what that says about me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Cancer

52paarsedruiven's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly... this book FUCKED ME UP. It was such a wild ride and the more I read, the more chaotic and fucked up the story became. This book should've come with a list of trigger warnings like some dark romance novels do. This book touches on some very sensitive and dark things and the way it's written, it seems so casual and normal which was obviously the point. I also was having my own health anxieties while reading this book and the topics just exacerbated my own mental health/stress and I should've DNF'd it but I pushed through. That definitely clouds my judgment when it comes to this book. It was not a happy story, not a happy ending... no happiness found anywhere. I wish that I did put it down and come back when I was in a better headspace, I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more, but since I didn't do that I have to be honest with my review/star rating and that's a solid 2.5 for me. The story was interesting and INTENSE and WILD, it definitely kept my attention but there weren't many twists/turns like I want out of a psychological thriller. It was less thriller and more just a work of fiction, in my opinion. For a thriller to be good (4 star and up) in my opinion, it needs to creep me out and leave me feeling off balance and nervous (weird, i know!) and this book didn't do any of that for me. John Marrs is a phenomenal writer and I will definitely be reading more of his work, but I will definitely be checking trigger warnings before opening another!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

elviolet's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

jayishino's review against another edition

2.0

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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If you’re looking for a domestic thriller with an unsettling amount of triggers (with no trigger warnings) and the most unlikeable characters you’ll ever meet, then this is the book for you. This was not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy