Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin

3 reviews

latashman's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death, and Dementia

Minor: Rape, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

james1star's review

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? Yes

1.75

I really didn’t jam with this book and SO MANY times was about to dnf it. I grudgingly read up to the half way mark then was like nahhh so skimmed the rest only reading the last two chapters in full. I didn’t like the writing style, characters, plot, plot twists and more. It was an okay thriller/mystery story and I do usually enjoy films or drama shows like this but in book form it dragged and dragged, I wasn’t engaged or invested to want to read on. I also didn’t like ending and wanted stronger justice but Yhh. 

The novel follows a woman who’s sister disappeared when she was a teenage, she pretends to be a dementia patient/acquitted murderers daughter as she thinks he killed her sister. They go on a road trip of sorts to murder locations to try and decipher if he is the killer and Yhh plot twists occur. 

Overall, it was okay but I didn’t like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Death, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

ramonalynn's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Rape and Fatphobia