Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy

3 reviews

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

<spoilers>Hm, i have to say i didnt rly see the twist or the ending coming, i was 100% convinced from the the start that she was gonna kill someone to even out petras death but i rly thought it was gonna be lorry, i mean get it bestie mally deserves it tbh, honestly was not a fan of the magpie bit tho


‘I think, in a way, there is something attractive about death, a glamour that attaches itself to those who have experienced in and which makes it appealing to those who haven't.’

‘’Oh, I'm no heathen, Mr Vaughan. I just have my own beliefs. Beliefs that are different from yours and that you can't abide.'’

‘The sun was coming through the window and casting his face into shadows and I thought then that was the reason the sun was so bright, it was to make the things in the shadows so much darker and hold their secrets away from the light’

‘I had a well-developed moral code, even at that age.’
^hmm do you?


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horizonous's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75


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emilymdxn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25


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