Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Girls by Emma Cline

90 reviews

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Addiction, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

beybladeb1tch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

einna's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

*jamie lee curtis voice* trauma 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Gore

jstone0729's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

kaitidid's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Excrement

claire_lamb's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Sexual violence

ripxw's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual assault

mjhymers's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Pedophilia, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

danibee's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

3.5

Beautifully written and very engaging story. I would have rated it higher except it had significant graphic descriptions of underage sexual assault that was key to the story. So fair warning there.

The ending felt very hopeless and that was a disappointment. I’m not sure if I liked it, not because it wasn’t happy, but because the message of the book wasn’t very clear.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual violence

marhuitre's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The writing is good but I wasn’t really invested in the story and I didn’t like the characters, which is the point but it didn’t work for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Rape, and Child abuse