Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

دوشیزگان by Alex Michaelides

379 reviews

caitlinfaith's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder

slappostato's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Did not love. Very slow. The twist was bizarre. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia

annaleverhart's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Murder

caseyc28's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder

todaysturners's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Stalking

rachelpacz's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

erinoconnor's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Honestly… bleh. I listened to the audiobook, which was great, but the book itself was truly awful. Between the cringy lead character, the way every single man was obsessed with her and wanted to sleep with her, the casual assault, and the absurd twist that basically devalued the whole story, I am surprised I didn’t just stop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

cal220700's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Murder

Minor: Alcohol

elena_noelle's review against another edition

2.0

dark 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: Complicated

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The more I think about this book, the less I like it. It was a decent paced read, I flew through it and the setting of Cambridge was fun. However,  so much of the story is unexamined and left surface level.

The plot twist that Zoe was the murder wasn't shocking, it was clear that there was more than what she was leading on but the ending with Sebastian completely goes unexamined. Mariana does not reckon with the obvious grooming and exploitation of her adopted daughter. Kinda felt victim shamey

. The MC is a therapist who has no understanding of ethics or even what therapists should do. All the female characters hate each other and men bend over backwards for them. The Ancient Greek and mythology references also never come back and have no real meaning, just word salad thrown in to make it feel like dark academia. Basically, everyone in this book sucks and there's no deeper point explored. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment

stinkyoats's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is an easy but thrilling read. So much fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault