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Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

41 reviews

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

amberinbookland's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Addiction

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

2.0

We all know by now I’m not the biggest thriller fan but I have actually liked a few in the past year! This, unfortunately, was not it. The main thing was I found it so predictable—and I’m normally never right about these things whereas here I called all the twists. Plus there is a lot of SA in the book which I suppose added to it, but it started to get too detailed for me and could be very triggering for other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Racism, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

thegoldendragoness's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense

• 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

4.5

I really enjoyed Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier. 

It’s a thriller-mystery, but at the same time I feel like it focuses on the personal growth of the characters and the characters’ history; it doesn’t sacrifice the story by creating an over complicated mystery. 

I really enjoyed the different characters’ viewpoints and how section with a character peeled back the layers of the mystery. I really felt for the characters and I enjoyed that there were also aspects of Toronto’s history woven in. While it has heavy material I think it’s tragic yet heartwarming seeing the main character’s journey.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Body shaming, and Misogyny

melmertsis's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

angiebradley's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

ambersbakesandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

gigisucks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I found it to be very predictable. I expected more from the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual assault

ashybear02's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Rape, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

hannahga's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I quite enjoyed the process of reading this book. Chapters were a nice length, it was suspenseful, I cared about the outcome, I thought the characters were interesting, it was a nice length, and it was fairly unique despite having many familiar to the genre elements. It was not groundbreaking and I felt that pretty much all of the twists / secrets coming to light weren't especially shocking. But that's completely fine by me because I still cared about the secrets and fully bought in to the ride I was on. Because it was done well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, Murder, Suicide, Death, and Blood