Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

63 reviews

juleemhuy's review

emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

tiche22h's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

maemiller_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Suicide, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

samanthajore's review against another edition

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I found it to be entertaining while still leaving me hooked. I didn’t find the ending to be predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, and Sexual harassment

suzyh5317's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Physical abuse

irisfromthevillage's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

2.0

I didn’t connect with Rachel and found her character to not be really fleshed out. What originally attracted me to the book was the element of the podcast, but this didn’t feel distinct enough in voice to make it feel like a mixed media experience. The podcast chapters were very short and frequently overlapped too much with info we already knew. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Bullying, and Physical abuse

lmshearer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A generous 3 stars for this forgettable 'thriller'. The rating would have been lower had I not listened to this on audio at 3x speed (the narration was painfully slow and disjointed). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

ashleechmiel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book has a lot of graphic descriptions of rape and sexual assault, you will be uncomfortable at times. But honestly I think it’s about time people got uncomfortable. This may be a fiction novel but so much of it really hits home with the realities of how sex crimes are seen and handled. There are two interwoven plot lines here and you will go back and forth on who is guilty in the Stills case, and you don’t find out until the very end. I didn’t know how that story line was going to flush out with so little left in the book but it did very smoothly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

drraytay's review

challenging dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Alcohol

rachelsbookishlife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Violence