Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse

37 reviews

sumo98's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense 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: Yes

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A quick read, and the author does a great job at getting inside the brain of a serial killer. Very heavy subjects, and quite fucked up at times (even for a serial killer). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

book_lover707's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an impulsive purchase because it was £3 and honestly surprised me with how entertaining it was. VERY explicit in a lot of area and way too much weird sex stuff for my taste but the rest of the story made up for it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment

clotalksbooks's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well that was dark! Similar in style to a couple of more recent books I have read (How to Kill your family/how to kill men and get away with it), and initially I wasn't as big a fan of the writing in this one. I feel some things went a little far for my taste, and there is A LOT of sex - not necessarily a bad thing, just unexpected. 

It is darkly funny, you feel terrible for laughing. I think it depends what order you read the similar books in to be honest, as you can't help but compare. 

There are some very unexpected twists and turns which I loved, my mouth hit the floor on occasion. By the end I was hooked and will read the rest of the series.

The narrator is perfect, so I will stick to audio for the rest of the series too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Abortion

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt

singalana's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I actually got recommended this book by a staff member at Waterstones as I’d enjoyed HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY by Bella Mackie. 

 

This is book 1 in the Sweet Pea series. 

 

I really enjoyed this book. I can see the similarities to HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY. 

 

This follows the perspective of a serial killer, as opposed to the victim or detective. Even though it’s fiction, I actually found it so interesting seeing their view of events - which actually turned out not to be overly exciting. 

 

The first chapter was so graphic and disturbing that it actually made me more intrigued. This does actually continue throughout the book… 

 

My favourite bit was the kill list at the start of each day - most of them being minor reasons like the fact that she hates people. The fact that I would agree with a lot of the points she made actually disturbed me - am I a psychopath?? 

 

Though the ending was left on a cliffhanger and did make me curious as to what happens next, I’m not sure that I’ll be in a rush to pick up the next book. 

 

If you liked HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY, I recommend giving this one a go! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

willowmae's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

Moderate: Eating disorder, Torture, Vomit, Abortion

amberinbookland's review against another edition

3.5

funny fast-paced

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder