Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sick Fux by Tillie Cole

7 reviews

bbygirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

This very well may be the darkest book I've read. I absolutely loved it. I could barely put it down, I just wanted to keep going to see the bad guys get what they deserved. I this whole book in one day. 

I hated what happened to Heathen(Rabbit) and Ellis(Dolly) when they were children. I hated what they had to endure at the hands of Ellis' father and his business associates and what happened to Ellis mother because she didn't agree with her husband's activities. 

I loved that Ellis and Heathen eventually get their revenge on the men who hurt them and so many other children. And I loved that even though Eddie didn't hated Heathen for stealing his best friend he still let them go when he could've arrested them for their crimes. I also think Eddie may have a little darkness himself, just maybe not at bad as Heathen and Ellis. The way he reacted to wanting to be called the mad hatter and the fact he let them go when he didn't have to, made me think he may not be quite as straight laced as the other two thought.

So overall I absolutely loved this book. And is definitely recommend but beware of the trigger warnings. I do wish the author had put more specific trigger and content warnings instead of the generalized one she has on the book description. I was definitely shocked by some of the things in this book and would've liked more of a forewarning before getting into this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Trafficking

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

ctsaintsreads's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Cancer, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Death, Physical abuse, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Kidnapping, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

annnikashr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

helenxhan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

PITCH BLACK and very bloody but a good book don't read it if you have any triggers at all

kirkland433's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

100% Check Triggers/Ask for specifics. 

Nope. This was a big nope for me. Nothing in this book kept me wanting to read more. Not because the author is a bad writer, because she is not a bad writer, just the whole Alice in Wonderland theming killed it for me. One word: Bored. 

I tried to care about Ellis/Dolly and Heathen/Rabbit but I just didn't. I couldn't even convince myself that I felt sympathy for them. This is all probably a me issue. I don't love Alice in Wonderland and then adding that it as the main characters strongest traits really just put me off. Both Ellis and Heathen have fucked up lives and that's about all that stuck with me. Also if I had to hear about Heathen's black heart cracking one more time, I was going to throw the book.

So this book wasn't for me but it could be for others. On level of dark, it's not the darkest thing I've read. Yea, fucked up things happened in this book but some of the stuff that I would deem "dark" weren't talked about in detail vs other books of read (i.e. Hunting Adeline). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide attempt

gumiho0712's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Trafficking, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Self harm, Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

cherubic's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent