Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

48 reviews

carrionkid's review against another edition

3.5

I enjoyed this book a lot, I only wish the author was a LITTLE less weird about kids. I don't think we needed an in depth description of a kid who keeps pissing himself deciding to stick memory foam on his penis which he calls "the pissball". That seemed unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, and Child abuse

ellislilylovestoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Body horror, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death

nakutski's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Rape, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Medical content

caughtbetweenpages's review against another edition

The entirety of this book is gritty and dark, which can work, but I could not stomach the scenes from the POV of the pedophile character. The unrepentant normalization and humanization of a person like that is simply Not For Me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Violence

More TW: Genital Mutilation Slaughter of human beings

will_foster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

spoookycat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Medical content

momoberry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

natreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I had heard a lot about this book. Originally, I'd heard about the Italian film, then the American re-make, and found it all started with this book. It's the perfect October read. It's scary on multiple levels (from violence, to pedophilia, to gore) and I think it handles these topics well and with the respect they deserve. It isn't a easy read, but it is very rewarding if you can get through it. I also appreciate how it's set in the 1980's, that way it isn't bogged down with modern devices and having to work around those. Yes, there are some weird translation issues (words not making grammatical sense, or simple words missing), but the writing overall makes up for that. 
In the back of my copy there's a page advertising John's next book. I don't know if I'll read it, but Let The Right One In is a book I will keep on my shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

bakerreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Review in progress

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism

tking250's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Child death