Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

6 reviews

e_bee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual content

growintogardens's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

2.5

This was a solid 3 for me until the twist. I liked the queer rep, but the relationship needed fleshed out more imo. It was also fairly slow for the first half of the book. Loved the idea and the title.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I'm such a huge fan of Jane Eyre, and I'm not sure why this book just didn't grab me. I am very pro Rochester-is-trash, but I don't think I liked seeing him as like a disgusting predator. I guess because I really like Jane, and I don't want to think that she ended up with just a true sack of moldy potatoes.  I would like to give this author another attempt though, because I may have just come in with too many of my own feelings on the original text!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Blood, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

kekepania's review

Excellent writing and very mood-matched to Jane Eyre. The sexual abuse undertones became too central and as problematic as Mr Rochester is in the original Jane Eyre, the implications felt like an unfair twist. Reading Jane Eyre prior to Reader I Murdered Him will help the reader immensely!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I haven't read any of Jane Eyre or any of those books. But I know enough from retellings to say that this was kind of a second book/retelling but from the daughter's perspective. And so I'm not sure how many elements were changed. But I did like what she did with the characters. That being said I did figure out one major "twist" pretty early, but I didn't predict everything about it, just the who. I enjoyed the feminism and the powerful women. Overall a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Grief, Misogyny, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

alannadoucette8's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexism